Make A Killing

MAKE A KILLING

MUSIC & LYRICS BY WADE B. WARD

Take a stab, Take a shot
Shoot your mouth off and spoil the plot
Try to give it all you've got
Character assassination

If looks could kill, you'd be an ace
Staring Daggers must have its place.
Backstabbing is no disgrace
As long as you can make a killing.

There's no shame in quick advancement
Only in dead ends
You must bury your mistakes
When you're walking over friends.

Dressed to kill and hot to trot
Take a stab or take a shot
Just be sure you gain a lot
That's the way to make a killing.


Ghostly silence, like a mausoleum.
You're as stiff as rigor mortis
In a wax museum
Lifeless pallor, you're as pale as a ghost
Find a pulse and rise like Lazarus
Get back to your post.

Grave mistake, no looking back.
Exhume your dead career
You can get away with murder
Just make sure you watch your rear-end

It's your funeral, there's no reason to mourn.
There are things you're dying to know
From the day you're born
Last confession; take it to your grave
Expertly executed
If you're going to make a killing


Rest in peace, you deserve it.
Ask the priest to observe it
Sail 'cross the River Jordan
'til you get to your goal

Wake the dead, late lamented
Get their help augmented.
Insure your place in Hades
Take command of your soul

Celebrate your new ascension
Now that you've had your turn
You've achieved just what you wanted
Realize you must adjourn.

Rest in peace, restless spirit
There's no reason you should fear it
Look back at all your glory,
After all, you made a killing.

C 2008 WADE B. WARD