Why do people sell their souls away   Just to ride the horse another day   They're all slaves to the heroin   But it's a war they'll never win   They'll never live to see the error of their ways      One foot in the grave   Ruled by the drugs they crave   It all began as a need for kicks   Now they'd sell their lives for a fix   Powerless to break those chains   There's only losses and there's never no gains   They only live and die as a slave   With one foot, one foot in the grave      It promised an escape but only lied   Master of the world they're trapped inside   The needle and the spoon only gave   A one - way ticket leading to the grave   And suffering until the day they die