I'll see you at the Weighing-In, When your life's sum-total's made: And you set your wealth in goodly deeds Against the sins ypu've laid. And you place your final burden On your hard-pressed next of kin: Send the chamber-pot back down the line, To be filled up again!
And the hard-headed miracle-worker, Who bathes his hands in blood. Will welcome you to the final "nod" - And cover you with mud. And he'll say " You really should make the deal," As he offers round the hat. "You'd better lick two fingers clean - He'll thank you all for that."
And you slip on the greasy platform, And you land upon your back - You make a wish and wipe your nose Upon the railway track. While the high-strung locomotive, With fumace burning bright, Lumbers on - you wave goodbye - And the sparks fade into night.
And as you join the Good Ship Earth, And you mingle with the dust - You'd better leave your underpants With someone you can trust. And when the Old Man with the telescope Cuts the final strand - You'd better lick two fingers clean, Before you shake his hand.