Tragedy's A' Comin'
And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside

There's no place to run and hide
Tragedy's A' Comin'
And I cannot step aside

No I cannot step aside
Damn my !@$( pride


From the middle of nowhere
He rides it all alone
From the edges of somewhere

He's grindin' flesh and bone
From the fringes of darkness
He breathes a steady hand

And the tinges of poison
Come seeping from his glands


Tragedy's A' Comin'
And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside

There's no place to run and hide
Tragedy's A' Comin'
And I cannot step aside

No I cannot step aside
Damn my !@$( pride


If you ask him nicely
Perhaps he'll go away
Just move politely

And beg him not to stay
With a mouth full of garbage
He spits into your eye

And an ear full of pity
He'll teach you how to die
Tragedy's A' Comin'

And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside
There's no place to run and hide

Tragedy's A' Comin'
And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside

Damn my !@$( pride

She stands before us

With a Bible in her grasp
When she opens her mouth up
You can hear the wretched rasp

Like a bucket of barnacles
She's abrasive to the skin
Like the ignorant masses

That hope someday she'll win

Tragedy's A' Comin'

And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside
There's no place to run and hide

Tragedy's A' Comin'
And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside

Damn my !@$( pride

Tragedy's poundin'

Hard against your door
And the cancer's eating
At your inner core

And you're feeling helpless
Can't control the game
Do you fade away softly

Or go out in a ball of flames cause

Tragedy's A' Comin'

And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside
There's no place to run and hide

Tragedy's A' Comin'
And I cannot step aside
No I cannot step aside
Damn this !@$( pride