Voltaire - When You're Dead Lyrics
The other day I took a walk because the air was sweetWhen I passed the crusty house of a curmedgeon on my streetNow, every town has got oneSo I'm sure you'll understandWhen I tell you this old bastardIs a mean and bitter manNow this day it was special I was wearing my new hatThe old curmedgeon saw this and he disaproved of thatHe said "Iv'e had one just like it for 10 years ya ripped me off!You got no right to wear a hat like mine so TAKE IT OFF!"Now as it happens, I'm a gentleman so I approached his porchI told him "Great minds think alike and you got one of courseSo how 'bout I just tip my hat to you when I come through?"He reached down for his gun and said "I'll shoot ya if ya do!"And I said "No one is gonna cry at your funeralNo one is gonna drink at your wakeNo one is gonna sigh with a tear in their eyeCause no one is gonna miss ya when you're dead!"Well the next day I forgot this whole damn mess and went to townAnd there I saw a hundred or so posters all aroundOn them was my face and I was wearing my new hatAnd they read "This guy ripped me off I got one just like that!"I took a walk down to his house to see if I could findA way to show him that we're kindred spirits of the mindI said "I didn't make these hats. Nor did you of course!And hey, we both love Johnny Cash!"He said "GET OFF MY PORCH!"And I said "No one is gonna cry at your funeralNo one is gonna drink at your wakeNo one is gonna sigh with a tear in their eyeCause no one is gonna miss ya when you're dead!"When you look back on your life what will you see?Did you spend your time mending fences or planting mines?There's no shortage of potential enemiesSo don't waste so much time pushing away your kindI thought I must be stupid or just crazy from the heatWhen I went down to the house of that curmedgeon on my streetMaybe it was foolish to go to his house againJust to show some crazy drunken fool he had a friendWhen I got there, much to my surprise, he wasn't thereHe was gone as was his shotgun and his rocking chairI asked the neighbor lady who was laying on her lawn"Hey, What happened to that mean old man?"She shrugged and that was allAnd I said "No one is gonna cry at your funeralNo one is gonna drink at your wakeNo one is gonna sigh with a tear in their eyeCause no one is gonna miss ya... HELL no one's gonna noticeAnd I'll enjoy the silence! When... you're... DEAD!"
