Here I sit watching world go by
In colours drab and drear
I don't know why I feel this way
Why this depression has a hold on me

I drink and drink all day and night
It does not cheer, makes me feel morose
The coke I sniff costs me so much
Yet I think I'm badly hooked

People look and say, "Hey man,
You got the world at your feet."
But none of it matters at all
And I really don't know why

I contemplate the final end
As to how, where and when
My kids I adore, but no thought of them
Nor of my wife who loves me so

Decision made, the deed I'll do
A rope around my neck
One swift kick, the chair flies
Across the room it bounces

The rope so tight around my neck
It chokes the life from me
Last thought that crosses my mind
Too late, I want to live