the ROT has set in

Don’t open up his chest

You gotta bleed the poor boy

You gotta let all the hatred

And all of the anger out

Just flow on right out

Chorus:

Cuz the rot has set in

Cuz the rot has set in

Now we wallow in sin

Cuz the rot has set in

Don’t try to explain

The poor boy is in pain

He won’t understand

And tell the truth

You have “already made up your mind*”

And the rot has set in

Cuz the rot has set in

Let us wallow in

The rot has set in

* Lyle Lovett