Intro Verse: 1 When he walks from the consul at sunset, barely remembers his name Walk is a little unsteady, sadly But he knows most of all that he's living beneath the volcano Won't be so many more days Isn't much time and it's gathering darkness, my friend Verse: 2 He's been going too far in his drinking, running a little too fat Eyelids becoming so heavy, sadly But he tries not to sleep while he's living beneath the volcano Won't be so many more days Isn't much time and it's gathering darkness, my friend Instrumental Verse: 3 Though the fireflies laugh in the dusklight, it's the Festival of Death Crowd is all laughter, it's hollow, sadly They may kill death tonight, but they still live beneath the volcano Won't be so many more days Won't be so many more days Won't be so many more days Isn't much time and it's gathering darkness, my friend