Your neck will pay the rope in due time Your neck will pay the rope in due time Down at the end of the line waits your punishment's design Your neck will pay the rope in due time Ain't no man escape unscathed When he tangle in the thistle with a slippery snake The more some give, the more some take Sinking to the bottom where they find their place Don't go walking where they can see your face When the going gets rough you just leave without a trace The more bad gets done, more good's erased We ain't going to heaven we're just going to waste Your neck will pay the rope in due time Your neck will pay the rope in due time Down at the end of the line waits your punishment's design Your neck will pay the rope in due time You're a natural cheat, a natural thief A natural disease tangled up in the sheets You lie down with dogs and you get up with fleas You drink with the devil, you get friends like these That's no smile he's just showing his teeth Never caught red-handed at the scene Strictly stain proof if you know what I mean Even Pontius Pilate's hands weren't so clean Your neck will pay the rope in due time Your neck will pay the rope in due time Down at the end of the line waits your punishment's design Your neck will pay the rope in due time You're a barrel full of charm, you're a gold plated whore What's more, you're the hidden by the lure All is fair in love and war But at cheating and lying ain't nobody keeping score You've got a little black heart though you don't know what it's for Fed the lady to the tiger and threw open both doors Burn down bridges till there ain't no more But when the hangman pulls your number you're gonna settle for sure Your neck will pay the rope in due time Your neck will pay the rope in due time Down at the end of the line waits your punishment's design Your neck will pay the rope in due time Your neck will pay the rope in due time Your neck will pay the rope in due time Down at the end of the line waits your punishment's design Your neck will pay the rope in due time