Bodies, please don't cry Bodies, don't die Bodies, please don't cry Bodies I been taking all the silver I been saving all the gold I'm gonna stuff it down the throat Of a week old corpse Save that doggone soul I been saving up my pain I'm gonna give it back in spades I been strangling the cries From the murder of love Save your soul tonight Bodies, please don't cry Bodies, don't die Bodies, please don't cry Bodies I'm gonna save I been raising up the dead Gonna send them to the house of cain I been praying in light Of the waning moon Slay your doggone soul I been taken out of heaven I been put upon this world I been walking up and down To and fro To save your doggone soul I got bodies on the left I got bodies on the right I got bodies up and down All across town Save your soul tonight Bodies, please don't cry Bodies, don't die Bodies, please don't cry Bodies I got bodies on the left I got bodies on the right I got bodies up and down All across town Save your soul tonight Bodies, please don't cry Bodies I'm gonna take 'em up I'm gonna take 'em up I'm gonna take 'em up Oh yea I'm gonna take 'em up