Life, mama says    Is bloodletting go    If I care for nothing    Sun don't shine and the grass don't grow    Bloodletting go       Society dictates    By rules and regulations    But when things are so tired    You see things in the wrong light    Soon there will be no light    If the sun don't shine       Life, mama says    Is bloodletting go    If I care for nothing    Sun don't shine and the grass don't grow    Bloodletting go       If by chance we both forget    The passage of space and time between    Pick up the pieces cold and wet    And drive them before the light to clean them       Good times, bad times    The pain will come and the pain will go    If I care for nothing    The sun don't shine       If by chance we both forget    The passage of space and time between    Pick up the pieces cold and wet    And drive them before the light to clean them       Good times, bad times    The pain will come and the pain will go    If I care for nothing    Sun don't shine and the grass don't grow    Bloodletting go