He was just a rookie trooper
And he surely shook with fright
He checked all his equipment
And made sure his pack was tight
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar
You ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more
Is everybody happy cried the sergeant looking up
Our hero feebly answered yes
And then they stood him up
He jumped into the icy blast
His static line unhooked
He ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more
He counted long he counted loud
He waited for the shock
He felt the wind he felt the cold
He felt the awful drop
The silk from his reserves spilled out
And wrapped around his legs
And he ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more
The risers swung around his neck
Connectors cracked his dome
Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones
The canopy became his shroud
He hurtled to the ground
He ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more
The days he'd lived and loved and
Laughed kept running through his mind
He thought about the girl back home
The one he'd left behind
He thought about the medic corps
And wondered what they'd find
He ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more
The ambulance was on the spot
The jeeps were running wild
The medics jumped and screamed with glee
They rolled their sleeves and smiled
For it had been a week or more
Since last a chute had failed
He ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more
He hit the ground the sound was splat
His blood went spurting high
His comrades
Then were heard to say a hell of a way to die
He lay there
Rolling 'round in the welter of his gore
He ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more
There was blood upon the risers
There were brains upon the chute
Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit
He was a mess they picked him up
And poured him from his boots
He ain't gonna jump no more
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more