1. He was just a cherry trooper and he surely shook with fright
As he checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight
He had to sit and listen to the awful engines roar
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
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Gory gory what a helluva way to die
Gory gory what a helluva way to die
Gory gory what a helluva way to die
He ain't gonna jump no more.
2. "is everybody happy?" cried the sergeant looking up
Our hero feebly answered "yes" and then they stood him up
He leaped right out into the blast his static line unhooked
He ain't gonna jump no more.
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3. He counted long he counted loud he waited for the shock
He felt the wind he felt the clouds he felt the awful drop
He jerked his cord the silk spilled out and wrapped around his legs
He ain't gonna jump no more.
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4. The risers wrapped around his neck connectors cracked his dome
The lines were snarled and tied in knots around his skinny bones
The canopy became his shroud he hurtled to the ground
He ain't gonna jump no more.
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5. 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 wondered what they'd find
He ain't gonna jump no more.
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6. The ambulance was on the spot the jeeps were running wild
The medics jumped and screamed with glee they rolled their sleeves and smiled
For it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed
He ain't gonna jump no more.
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7. He hit the ground the sound was splat his blood went spurting high
His comrades were then heard to say "a helluve way to die"
He lay there rolling ‘round in the welter of his gore
He ain't gonna jump no more.
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8. There was blood upon the risers there were brains upon the chute
Intestines were a-dangling from this paratrooper's boots
They picked him up still in his chute and poured him from his boots
He ain't gonna jump no more.
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