Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Down at the end of the line waits your punishment’s design
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Ain’t no man escape unscathed
When he tangle in the thistle with a slippery snake
The more some give, the more some take
Sinking to the bottom where they find their place
Don’t go walking where they can see your face
When the going gets rough you just leave without a trace
The more bad gets done, more good’s erased
We ain’t going to heaven we’re just going to waste
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Down at the end of the line waits your punishment’s design
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
You’re a natural cheat, a natural thief
A natural disease tangled up in the sheets
You lie down with dogs and you get up with fleas
You drink with the devil, you get friends like these
That’s no smile he’s just showing his teeth
Never caught red-handed at the scene
Strictly stain proof if you know what I mean
Even Pontius Pilate’s hands weren’t so clean
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Down at the end of the line waits your punishment’s design
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
You’re a barrel full of charm, you’re a gold plated whore
What’s more, you’re the hidden by the lure
All is fair in love and war
But at cheating and lying ain’t nobody keeping score
You’ve got a little black heart though you don’t know what it’s for
Fed the lady to the tiger and threw open both doors
Burn down bridges till there ain’t no more
But when the hangman pulls your number you’re gonna settle for sure
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Down at the end of the line waits your punishment’s design
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Your neck will pay the rope in due time
Down at the end of the line waits your punishment’s design
Your neck will pay the rope in due time