[Verse 1]
I dig my own graves lately
I don't need any help
Just let me sit here quiet
In the earth by myself

[Refrain]
I don't wanna die, but I wanna be buried
Meet me at the gates of the cemetery

[Verse 2]
I've been a zombie lately
I got nothin' to say
Always too much talkin'
Not enough eatin' brains

[Refrain]
I don't wanna die, but I wanna be buried
Leave me at the gates of the cemetery

[Pre-Chorus]
I'll wait here 'til I'm ready

[Chorus]
All my life, I've been waitin' for you
Not waitin' to find out nothing's new
It's the same old song, just a different tune
All my life, I've been waitin' for you
Not waitin' to find out nothing's new
It's the same old song, just a different tune
[Verse 3]
Right on, Frankenstein!
You've risen the dead
Lazarus pushed the stone off
Winced and went back to bed

[Refrain]
I don't wanna die, but I wanna be buried
Leave me at the gates of the cemetery

[Verse 4]
You see the beast inside me
He pushes and shoves
Sensitive thugs need hugs
So why do I get no love?

[Refrain]
I don't wanna die, but I wanna be buried
Leave me at the gates of the cemetery

[Pre-Chorus]
I'll wait here 'til I'm ready

[Chorus]
All my life, I've been waitin' for you
Not waitin' to find out nothing's new
It's the same old song, just a different tune
All my life, I've been waitin' for you
Not waitin' to find out nothing's new
It's the same old song, just a different tune
[Instrumental]

[Outro]
Right on, Frankenstein!
You don't believe in ghosts
Lightnin' strikes the body
And that is life to most