Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread

Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
You truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread

Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Please give me back my rain
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Ain't gonna let you keep on playin', yay, yay

Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread
(Take it, Augie)
(Texas, baby)

Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Please give me back my rain, yeah
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Ain't gonna let you keep on playin', yay, yay

Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread

Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
With the Grateful Dead
A box of rain
A case in Georgia
Hangin' overhead

(That's my boy)
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Please give me back my rain
Whoa-ho (Whoa-ho)
Ain't gonna let you keep on playin', yay, yay

Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
Bangin' on my bed
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread

Hangin' on by a thread
You could be dead
But you truckin' ahead
With the Grateful Dead
You can't go up
You can't go back
Hangin' on by a thread

Yeah, hangin' on by a thread
(Yeah, take it out)
(Yeah, yeah-yeah)