[Verse 1]

One night at a bar, I'd come to nil

Found my world in Surry Hills

Sitting in a gutter, looking up

Laughing with a mouth full of blood

Years back to an open yard

You took my hand and laid me down

Under a clothes line on spiky grass

You came quick and I came last

[Chorus]

If the Reaper comes to claim me

And all I've gotten done

Is write some shitty music

And take some shitty drugs

I'll smile at him, I'll laugh at him

I'll cry at him, I'll scream

I'll do it all in pain and passion

'Til there's nothing left of me

[Verse 2]

One night on a curb, I stained it red

It's me against the world again

I lie back and smear my clothes

It's a white shirt meets a gushing nose

Think years back to simple drives

We got in trouble when things were quiet

Racked up back when we still laughed

Somehow, you remained unscarred

[Chorus]

If the Reaper comes to claim me

And all I've gotten done

Is write some shitty music

And take some shitty drugs

I'll smile at him, I'll laugh at him

I'll cry at him, I'll scream

I'll do it all in pain and passion

'Til there's nothing left of me

[Outro]

And he will never keep me