Richard Speck stayed in Chicago He took some pills and drank some alcohol He tried to wreck nine nurses but one of them got away He's rotting now in jail that's the way he's going to pay Richard Speck lives off our taxes he thrives He strangled and stabbed eight nurses that night Richard Speck lives we pay for his meals Convicted for the eight student nurses he killed What the heck Richard Speck eight nurses you wrecked What the heck Richard Speck eight nurses you wrecked He tied them up inside of a room And one by one he caused so much gloom He stabbed and strangled eight nurses but one of them got away Twelve hundred years in jail that's the way he's going to pay In jail Richard died no longer alive And he lived off our taxes several years of his life Richard Speck lived we paid for his meals Convicted for the eight student nurses he wrecked What the heck Richard Speck eight nurses you wrecked What the heck Richard Speck eight nurses you wrecked