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
The Essential Alice in Chains
- Rooster
- Dam That River
- Dirt
- Hate to Feel
- Angry Chair
- Brother
- Got Me Wrong
- Am I Inside
- Get Born Again
- Over Now (Unplugged)
- Died
- What the Hell Have I? (Remix)
- A Little Bitter (Remix)
- Love, Hate, Love
- Sea of Sorrow
- Them Bones
- Would?
- Grind
- Heaven Beside You
- Again
- Right Turn
- God Smack
- Man in the Box
- I Stay Away
- No Excuses
- Rain When I Die
- We Die Young
- Nutshell (Unplugged)
- Dirt (1992)
- Music Bank (1999)
- Greatest Hits (2001)
- The Essential Alice in Chains (2006)