Obituaries

[bjornpdx]

I posted this song 5 years ago. I recorded it again today hoping my voice would sound better. It doesn't sound better but I like the lyrics so here it is again.
Thanks for listening/commenting.
-Bjorn

I read the obituaries all the way thru  
They're a  story of a life in a paragraph or two  
Your name is  in the paper and your picture's in there  too
There's some really nice things said about you

I'm checking out the names, cause maybe I knew them
And I'm checking out the ages, maybe I passed them
Obituaries. Something there to learn
The main thing is you're gonna get your  turn

Well here's a lady she was 99
Made it that far cause she drank a little wine  
She said Live your day  like it's your last  
Cause that final one is coming up fast

Here's a man he liked to go fishing   
There's a picture of him with a really big salmon  
He caught that fish maybe 30 years ago  
Guess his life after that was only so so   

Here's a picture of a guy when he was in the Navy  
He came back home and married sweetheart Mabel
She passed away just last May
They weren't apart long, now were they  

Well everyone here was so much admired
They were always successful whatever they tried  
They went from ordinary to  toast of the town  
When all they did was exit the here and now

In lieu of flowers
Send some money instead
To the charity named after
Whatever made you dead

And here's a lady her name was Nadine
She outlived everyone at a hundred thirteen
She must have been happy there at the end
She'd become a teenager again
 

Now I don't mean to be  insensitive    
You know I've lost some friends and some relatives
It's just my way of facing the fact  
That my time on this stage gonna fade into black

I'm checking out the names, cause maybe I knew them
And I'm checking out the ages, maybe I passed them
Obituaries. Something there to learn
The main thing is you're gonna get your turn

 

[jack c.]

bring up drums and bass.interesting.jack c