Dead Man's

This is not the first time--you tried to get away
This is not a party--where people know your name
This is not a classroom--with teacher at the board
This is not a catshow--with prizes at the door

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Go--don't you go
Won't you stay with me one more day
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night

This is not a horse race--where winners beat the time
This is not a funeral--with mourners in a line
This is not a sitcom--where everything's alright
This is not a prison--with terror through the night.

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I'm not the same man i was before
I haven't changed my perception
I haven't lost my protection
I haven't lost, haven't lost, haven't lost
What i have, lost intentions

Two by two coming through the door
(singing like a bird)
Boys and girls voices joined in song
(voices in the air)
Fire crackers making so much noise
(flying in the air)
They all start yelling at me
. . . . . everything you do is wrong

I'm not the same boy i was before
But i've not changed my desires
I've not extinguished the fires
I haven't lost wide eyed wonder
I haven't lost, haven't lost, haven't lost
The stupid fear of thunder

Two by two walking hand in hand
(walkin' in the air)
The bone come marching from the promised land
(comes from everywhere)
Their voices carry like the sound of glass
(breaking on the ground)
It burns my ears when they sing
. . . . . everything you do is wrong

I'm not the same ghost i was before
But i still converse with the spirits
When people talk i don't hear it
I walk through doors when no one sees me
I disappear, i disappear, disappear
Whenever it may please me

On the quest / for the holy grail
Try and live / on razor's edge
Find a mountain / or cross a valley
Why bother? / it's all for sale
True love was in her eyes
Burning truth was on her face
Even thought it was late at night
Saw her once there's no mistake

Now that we've found this precious place . . . .
How do we keep from going crazy now?
My life was leading to this day
Watching the whole thing slip away
It's just a fool's paradise
It's just a fool's paradise
It's just a fool's paradise anyhow

Dirty stains / on brand new linen
Fresh tracks / on virgin snow
Caught a saint / while he was sinning
People scream / what do they know
Turn it off and find religion
Tune it out and find a cause
Get it up and tell the world
Don't stop, don't ever pause

Here in this place from all our dreams
It doesn't seem to make us better now
If it will get us through the night
With all our conscience still intact
It's just a fool's paradise . . . (etc.)

Two heads / are better than one . . .
Two hearts / bleed so much more
Serious / but no one laughing
Why run / when you can crawl
(true love around the corner--out of reach, so hard to hold)
My life's an open letter
Tear it up--and throw it away

You worry too much / you make yourself sad
You can't change fate / but don't feel so bad
Enjoy it while you can / it's just like the weather
So quit complaining brother . . . . . . .
No one lives forever!!

Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and i don't want to die

I'm so happy dancing while the grim reaper
Cuts, cuts, cuts
But he can't get me (i'm as)
Clever as can be, and i'm very quick, but don't forget
No one lives forever!!!

You think you got it rough / what about your darling doggy?
Ten short years / and he's getting old and groggy
I don't think it's very fair
Cold, chop, low, but it's all relative my friend 'cause
No one lives forever!!!
Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and i
Don't want to die (but) . . .

No one beats him at his game
For very long but just the same
Who cares, there's no place safe to hide
Nowhere to run--no time to cry
So celebrate while you still can
'cause any second it may end.
And when it's all been said and done . . .
Better that you had some fun
Instead of hiding in a shell-why make your life a living hell?
So have a toast, and down the cup
And drink to bones that turn to dust ('cause) . . .
No one, no one, no one, no one . . . . . . . (etc.)
No one lives forever!! (hey!)

(there's life underground)

I feel it all around / i feel it in my bones
My life is on the line / when i'm away from home
When i step out the door / the jungle is alive
I do not trust my ears / i don't believe my eyes
I will not fall in love / i cannot risk the bet
Cause hearts are fragile toys / so easy to forget

It's just another day / there's murder in the air
It drags me when i walk / i smell it everywhere
It's just another day / where people cling to light
To drive away the fear / that comes with every night

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It's just another . . . . . . . it's just another day
It's just another . . . . . . . it's just another day . . .

It's just another day--when people wake from dreams
With voices in their ears--that will not go away

I had a dream last night / the world was set on fire
And everywhere i ran / there wasn't any water
The temperature increased / the sky was crimson red
The clouds turned into smoke / and everyone was dead
(but) there's a smile on my face . . . for everyone
There's a golden coin . . . that reflects the sun
There's a lonely place . . . that's always cold
There's a place in the stars . . . for when you get old

There's razors in my bed / that come out late at night
They always disappear / before the morning light
I'm dreaming again / of life underground
It doesn't ever move / it doesn't make a sound
And just when i think--that things are in their place
The heavens are secure--the whole thing explodes in my face

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