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