I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It)

                                  I have nothing left to say

But I'm gonna say it anyway

Thirty years upon a stage

And I hear the people say

Why won't he go away?



I pass the houses of the dead

They're calling me to join their group

But I stagger on instead

Dear God, sweet God

Protect me from the truth, hey



I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead, he's dead

I'm dead but I don't know

He's dead, he's dead

I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead, he's dead

Please don't tell me so

Let me, let me, let me go



I have a family to support

But surely, that is no excuse

I've nothing further to report

Time you spend with me

Is time you lose



I always thought that I would know

When it was time to quit

That when I lost a step or two or three or four or five

I'd notice it

Now that I've arrived here safely

I find my talent has gone

Why do I go on and on and on and on and on

And on and on and on and on and on



He's dead, he's dead, he's dead

I don't know it

He's dead, he's dead, he's dead

I didn't know

He's dead, he's dead, he's dead

I didn't know it

Who would be so cruel to tell me so?

You're dead!



When will I end this bitter game?

When will I end this cruel charade?

Everything I write all sounds the same

Each record that I'm making

Is like a record that I've made

Just not as good



I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead, he's dead

I'm dead but I don''t know

He's dead, he's dead

I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead, he's dead

Please don't tell me so

Please don't tell me so

You're dead!