When you got no more assurance   Than a great big hunk of lead   If you don't respond to romance   Jack, you're dead      When a chick is smilin' at you   Even though there's nothin' said   You stand there like a statue   Jack, you're dead      You been always kickin'   But you stubbed your toes   When you ups and kicks the bucket   Just like ole man, Mose      When you get no kicks from lovin'   And you blow your top instead   It's a fact that you ain't livin'   Jack, you're dead      When you just ain't got nobody   Since you gone and lost your head   Rigor mortise has set in, daddy   Jack, you're dead      What's the use of havin' muscles   If your life hangs by a thread   If you ain't got no red corpuscles   Jack, you're dead      You been always kickin'   But you stubbed your toes   When you ups and kicks the bucket   Just like ole man, Mose      When you get no kicks from lovin'   And the news begin to spread   All the cats will holler, "Murder"   Jack, you're dead      All the breath has leaked out of you   If your friends gather round the bed   And look at you and say, "Don't he look natural?"   When that happens to you, daddy   Jack, you're dead