Promise me you won't cry When the curtain hits the crowd And nobody takes a bow Oh promise you'll hold your head up high When the curtain hits the cast And the audence just laughs And when you go out Destroy yourself Destroy yourself in the getaway dress On red roller skates On those getaway stakes Don't take any prisoners And before you cash out Take 'em down one by one Take 'em down one by one Oh, promise Promise me, you'll be mean On the day they lay me down You'll send someone else To leave just one rose for me Oh, someone, somebody i couldn't stand Do it in style Just send him there straight from your bed Where the possibilities of what is crewl is endless And when you've had enough Destroy yourself Destroy yourself in a long black dress With a long black veil And a broken mess Don't cry no tears for me Go to the medicine cabinet Take 'em down one by one Take 'em down one by one Take 'em down one by one Take 'em down one by one Oh, promise...