He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright,
He checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight;
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar,
"You ain't gonna jump no more!"

      Gory, gory, what a hellu'va (hell of a) way to die,
    Gory, gory, what a hellu'va (hell of a) way to die,
    Gory, gory, what a hellu'va (hell of a) way to die,
    He ain't gonna jump no more!


"Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up,
Our Hero feebly answered "Yes," and then they stood him up;
He crowded(/jumped) into the icy blast, his static line unhooked,

And he ain't gonna jump no more.

    

He counted long, he counted loud, he waited _ the shock,
He felt the wind, he felt the cold (DB vsn: clouds), he felt the awful drop,
The silk from his reserve spilled out, and wrapped around his legs,
(DB vsn of above line is: He jerked his cord, the silk spilled out and wrapped around his legs.)
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

    

The risers swung (DB vsn: wrapped) around his neck, connectors cracked his dome,
Suspension lines were (DB vsn: The lines were snarled and) tied in knots around his skinny bones;
The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground.
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

    

The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind,
He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind;
He thought about the medics, and He (DB vsn excludes "He") wondered what they'd find,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

    

The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild,
The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled,
(DB vsn of above line: The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled
_ it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

    

He hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high;
His comrades, they (DB vsn: then) were heard to say "A HELL OF A WAY TO DIE!"
He lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore,
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

    

(slowly, solemnly; about half the speed of the other verses)
There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute,
Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit,
(DB vsn of above line: Intestines were a-dangling from the paratrooper's boots;)
He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots,
(DB vsn of above line: They picked him up, still in his chute and poured him from his boots.)
And he ain't gonna jump no more.

    (CHORUS)