Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
They sang 'Danny boy' at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer
Preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed

Like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
Reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people
On the way up sooner or later you gonna meet them on the way down

Oh, there ain't no comin' back
When the foot of pride come down
Ain't no comin' back
Oh no, comin' back
When the foot of pride come down
Ye ain't comin' back

They got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names
Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
He looked straight into the sun and said, 'Revenge is mine'
But he drinks and drinks can be fixed

Sing me one more song, hah, about your love to the moon
And the stranger and your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn
In these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion
Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in

Oh, there ain't no comin' back
When the foot of pride
Come down, hey hey hey hey
Woh baby, ain't no comin' back
The foot of pride comes down, hey hey hey
Hey, ain't no comin' back

There's a businessman named Red cast-a
Cast down from heaven and he's out of his head-a
Feeds off of everyone that he can touch
He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash

Not somebody you play around with much, Miss Delilah is his
A Philistine is what she is, she'll do wondrous works with your fate
Ah, feed you coconut bread, spice buns in bed
If you don't mind sleepin' with your head faced down in a grave

Oh, ain't comin' back
The foot of pride come down
Baby hey hey, ain't no comin' back
Oh oh, there, hey hey, there ain't no comin' back
When the foot of pride come down
Oh, woh, ain't no comin' back

Oh well, they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight
You'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
How to enter the gates of paradise
No, how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours

Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks
A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say
'Hey, hey, hey thanks'
They like to take all this money from sin
Build big universities to study in
Sing 'Amazing grace' all the way to the Swiss banks

Woh, ain't comin' back
The foot of pride come down
Hey hey hey, ain't no comin' back, baby, ain't no comin' back
Oh, foot of pride come down
You ain't comin' back, ah hah hah
Ain't no comin' back

They got some beautiful people out there, man
They can be a terror to your mind
They'll show you how to hold your tongue
They got mystery written all over their forehead
They kill their babies in the crib say, 'Only the good die young'

They don't believe in mercy
Ah, judgment on them is something, is something, something that
You'll never, ever see
Ah, they can exalt you up or bring you down main route
Turn you into anything they want you to be

Ooh, ain't comin' back
The foot of pride
Ain't no comin' back
Ain't no comin' back
When the foot of pride
Ain't, ain't no comin' back

Yeah, I guess I loved him too
I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
Ah, did he make it to the top? Well, he probably did and he dropped
Struck down by the strength of the will

Ah, ain't nothin' left here, partner
Just the dust of the plague, left the whole, left the whole town afraid
From now on, this'll be where you're from
Let the dead bury the dead, your time will come
Let hot iron blow as he raised, raised his shade

Oh baby-baby, ain't no comin' back
The foot of pride come down
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ain't no comin' back
Oh oh oh, ain't no comin' back, you know that
Foot foot foot of pride come down

Oh, ain't no comin' back
Ain't no comin' back
Oh, ain't no comin' back, baby
Oh no no, ain't no comin' back