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