Take the lid off of life, let me look at the works it's no accident I changed my name Long Dead Slim I went downtown to see if I could find The woman he said had been on his mind But she weren't there Well pull back the branches and tear up the roots That's the part I like the best Born again He said to me "I don't undenstand it happened in thirty-three" Long Dead Slim A beam falls at random and you disappear Like a fist when you open your hand Long Dead Slim Jean Paul and me were travelling down south He wouldn't look me in the eye Long Dead Slim Take the lid off of life, let me look at the works it's no accident I changed my name Long Dead Slim