[Verse 1]
Let's meet Jeffrey (Jeffrey)
Shoots dope lefty
Yellin', "You can't catch me"
Drove way out to the sea in a Jetski
Oh, my Gertrude, I don't wanna hurt you
I just wanna live like a soda commercial
Found her on the shore in her brand new church shoes
Covered in burns, face all purple
The world has a sickness (sickness)
It's hidden in the gimmicks
Beamed through the TVs and the satellite dishes
Teach a man to fish and he'll catch two fishes
Start his own business, tax-free; it's religious

[Chorus]
Bats in the belfry (woo-hah)
Rotten on the vine (ha-ha, ha, ha)
Can't keep my eyes closed (woo-hah)
Sunny all the time (ha-ha)
Put your hands where I can see 'em, boy
Keep 'em up high
This place (place) has gone (gone) crazy

[Verse 2]
Gooey, gooey gumdrops (gumdrops), a whole bunch of gunshots
Two through the lunchbox, one made his lungs pop
Running through the E.R., why won't the blood clot?
Crying to some cop, looking through the mugshots
Apparently rational, something isn't natural
A couple Jack and Cokes got me weavin' through the traffic cones
Be cool, Daddy-o, laughing at the last to know
Sometimes to free a mind, you've got to crack a skull (skull)
[Chorus]
Bats in the belfry (woo-hah)
Rotten on the vine (ha-ha, ha, ha)
Can't keep my eyes closed (woo-hah)
Sunny all the time (ha-ha)
Put your hands where I can see 'em, boy
Keep 'em up high
This place (place) has gone (gone) crazy

[Outro]
The pitter and patter of climbing the ladder
Grow closer and closer and faster and faster
The fakes and the actors, the preachers and pastors
Impending disaster grows faster and faster (faster)
The chitter, the chatter, the crying, the laughter
Grow slower and slower and sadder and sadder
The fakes and the actors, impending disaster
Goes faster and faster and faster and faster (faster)
The pitter and patter goes faster and faster
The chit and the chatter goes faster and faster
Climbing the ladder, faster and faster
Impending disaster goes faster—(car crash)