Originally performed by Adolescents Needles stabbed into the walls

The executioners curtain call

Fighting back he found his life drowning

And there was no way up Cause Richard hung himself

Richard hung himself

It happened just the other day

Jesus caught and pushed him off the shelf

He thought he find a better way

With slashing, and stabbing, and manning and ramming Death room with black curtains

Where his clothes once laid

The roof kicked out and the rope tied to the rafters

A quick kick of the cahir

And it's all through

If Richie only knew Cause Richard hung himself

Richard hung himself

It happened just the other day

Jesus caught and pushed him off the shelf

He thought he find a better way

With needles, injecting and shooting himself contagiously His life suddenly flashed right before his eyes

What a swinging guy

Turning gray with mold

This is when he died Give it up give up

Throw it all away Burning acid bath

Pulmonary wrath

Feel the boiling surge

It won't let you go Throw it all away Swinging in his room

Richie won't come out to play

That poor *** hung himself the other day

Oh how the years seem to fly by

Is death the final high Cause Richard hung himself

Richard hung himself

It happened the other day

Jesus caught and pushed him off the shelf

He thought he find a better way

With slashing and stabbing and ripping

And stabbing and shredding and slashing

And shredding and stabbing and ripping

And tearing attacking and manning

And taking the body god gave to you I gotta get out Cause Richard hung himself

Cause Richard swung himself

Cause Richard strung himself

The needles stung himself

It pulled him off the shelf

Cause Richard hung himself