Hanging By A Thread

Take a little spool of thread

And make yourself a noose

Wind the knot 'round thirteen times

Make sure it won't come loose

Put the noose around your neck

And climb upon the chair

First, make sure the door is locked

And no one else is there

Fix the thread to the roof somehow

Rafter or pipe will do

If you find that that won't work

Just use tape or glue

Now kick the chair and you will fall

The thread, you see, will snap

And you'll get up and brush yourself

And go and take a nap

A cautionary note I must

Add to my little song

You won't, I hope, use a rope

That would be all wrong

And don't use a fishing line

Or even high tensile thread

The rope, you know, would make you choke

The others might lop off your head