Blood On The Risers - The Sun Harbor's Chorus-Documentary Recordings

[00:00.0]Blood On The Risers - The Sun Harbor's Chorus-Documentary Recordings
[00:11.13]He was just a rookie trooper
[00:13.35]And he surely shook with fright
[00:16.18]He checked all his equipment
[00:17.72]And made sure his pack was tight;
[00:20.5]He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar
[00:24.92]"You ain't gonna jump no more "
[00:29.86]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[00:34.53]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[00:39.03]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[00:43.05]He ain't gonna jump no more
[00:48.01]"Is everybody happy " cried the Sergeant looking up
[00:52.43]Our Hero feebly answered "Yes "
[00:54.28]And then they stood him up;
[00:56.55]He jumped into the icy blast
[00:58.71]His static line unhooked
[01:00.39]He ain't gonna jump no more
[01:05.21]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[01:09.57]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[01:13.83]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[01:17.62]He ain't gonna jump no more
[01:22.25]He counted long he counted loud
[01:24.49]He waited for the shock
[01:26.46]He felt the wind he felt the cold
[01:28.479996]He felt the awful drop
[01:30.45]The silk from his reserves spilled out
[01:32.759995]And wrapped around his legs
[01:34.369995]And he ain't gonna jump no more
[01:39.270004]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[01:43.19]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[01:47.380005]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[01:51.08]He ain't gonna jump no more
[01:55.55]The risers swung around his neck
[01:57.79]Connectors cracked his dome
[01:59.630005]Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones;
[02:04.0]The canopy became his shroud;
[02:06.14]He hurtled to the ground
[02:07.97]He ain't gonna jump no more
[02:12.36]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[02:16.59]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[02:20.58]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[02:24.25]He ain't gonna jump no more
[02:28.74]The days he'd lived and loved and
[02:30.58]Laughed kept running through his mind
[02:33.04001]He thought about the girl back home
[02:35.06]The one he'd left behind;
[02:37.04001]He thought about the medic corps
[02:39.12]And wondered what they'd find
[02:40.88]He ain't gonna jump no more
[02:45.66]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[02:49.53]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[02:53.41]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[02:57.43]He ain't gonna jump no more
[03:01.77]The ambulance was on the spot
[03:03.84]The jeeps were running wild
[03:05.82]The medics jumped and screamed with glee
[03:08.06]They rolled their sleeves and smiled
[03:09.91]For it had been a week or more
[03:11.8]Since last a 'Chute had failed
[03:13.62]He ain't gonna jump no more
[03:18.26]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[03:22.33]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[03:26.3]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[03:30.0]He ain't gonna jump no more
[03:34.61]He hit the ground the sound was "SPLAT"
[03:36.66]His blood went spurting high;
[03:38.51]His comrades
[03:39.53]Then were heard to say "A hell of a way to die "
[03:42.61]He lay there
[03:43.44]Rolling 'round in the welter of his gore
[03:46.39]He ain't gonna jump no more
[03:50.88]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[03:54.99]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[03:59.03]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[04:02.62]He ain't gonna jump no more
[04:07.62]There was blood upon the risers
[04:11.63]There were brains upon the chute
[04:16.06]Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit
[04:23.03]He was a mess they picked him up
[04:26.32]And poured him from his boots
[04:29.73]He ain't gonna jump no more
[04:37.39]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[04:44.01]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[04:50.48]Gory gory what a hell of a way to die
[04:55.85]He ain't gonna jump no more