Released: September 29, 1992
Songwriter: Jerry Cantrell
Producer: Alice in Chains Dave Jerden
[Verse 1]
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids, household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
[Chorus]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster
Here come the Rooster
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Chorus]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster
Here come the Rooster
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die
[Verse 2]
Walking tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
My buddy's breathing his dying breath
God, please, won't you help me make it through?
[Chorus]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster
Here come the Rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
Wife and kids, household pet
Army green was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
[Chorus]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster
Here come the Rooster
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Chorus]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster
Here come the Rooster
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die
[Verse 2]
Walking tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
My buddy's breathing his dying breath
God, please, won't you help me make it through?
[Chorus]
Here they come to snuff the Rooster
Here come the Rooster, yeah
You know he ain't gonna die
No, no, no, you know he ain't gonna die
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- I Can’t Have You Blues (Demo)
- Died
- Fear the Voices
- Over Now (Unplugged)
- Killer Is Me
- Iron Gland
- Get Born Again
- Am I Inside
- Got Me Wrong
- Brother
- Whatcha Gonna Do (Demo)
- Social Parasite (Demo)
- Again (Tattoo of Pain Mix)
- A Little Bitter (Remix)
- What the Hell Have I? (Remix)
- Lying Season
- Junkhead (Demo)
- Rooster (Demo)
- Sea of Sorrow (Demo)
- Killing Yourself (Demo)
- Bleed the Freak (Demo)
- Queen of the Rodeo (Live)
- Angry Chair
- Hate to Feel
- Sickman
- Down in a Hole
- Right Turn
- Frogs
- God Am
- Head Creeps
- Heaven Beside You
- Grind
- Would?
- Them Bones
- God Smack
- Man in the Box
- Dirt
- Dam That River
- Confusion
- It Ain’t Like That
- Love, Hate, Love
- I Can’t Remember
- We Die Young
- Rain When I Die
- No Excuses
- I Stay Away
- Rooster
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- Music Bank (1999)
- Greatest Hits (2001)
- The Essential Alice in Chains (2006)