The fiddler on the skeleton horse

I did my very best to get nowhere fast
- lived a life of sin without a chance to win
- commited suicide by ridin' side by side with the fiddler on the skeleton horse.
I drank my brain away told life to make my day
- used every drug I knew - the ones I didn't know, too
- jumped outta every plane in vain to share my pain with the fiddler on the skeleton horse!
Fiddler, Fiddler can you hear me? Fiddler, Fiddler can you see?
I'm not half the man that I used to be.
With every minute, every hour, every day, every year
I can feel you coming near!

Play your tune for me and I'll dance to my grave (fiddler on the skeleton horse)
where it's cold and calm - where it's peaceful and safe (fiddler on the skeleton horse)
and my astral body will be one with the force (fiddler on the skeleton horse)
when I'm gone with the fiddler on the skeleton horse

But now some fool up above made me fall in love
I met my reason to live and all I want is to give
her all the time that remains and to break free from the chains of the fiddler on the skeleton
horse.
Now suddenly I can hear the old fiddler appear
I turn around and he's there and I think: "this ain't fair!"
Now that I finally found a home and I'm no longer alone comes the fiddler on the skeleton horse.
Fiddler, Fiddler can you hear me? Fiddler, Fiddler can't you see?
I'm not half the man that I used to be. I 'm beggin' you please and I hope it's no crime:
please give me a little more time - then you can...

Play your tune for me and I'll dance to my grave...

The fiddler stops playin' and his voice sounds like a saw
"Normally I don't make deals, but now I'll break my own law!
I'll come back another time but I want something in return:
I'm real tired to ride alone so I want you to learn
to play the fiddle like I do and so shalt your wife
so both of you can join me when you've ended your lifes.
So, my friend, see you later and don't forget to live
and remember the promise you now have to give:

Play your tune for me and I'll dance to my grave...