I have nothing left to say
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But I'm gonna say it anyway
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Thirty years upon a stage
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And I hear the people say
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Why won't he go away?
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I pass the houses of the dead
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They're calling me to join their group
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But I stagger on instead
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Dear God, sweet God
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Protect me from the truth, hey
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I'm dead but I don't know it
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He's dead, he's dead
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I'm dead but I don't know
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He's dead, he's dead
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I'm dead but I don't know it
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He's dead, he's dead
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Please don't tell me so
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Let me, let me, let me go
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I have a family to support
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But surely, that is no excuse
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I've nothing further to report
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Time you spend with me
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Is time you lose
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I always thought that I would know
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When it was time to quit
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That when I lost a step or two or three or four or five
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I'd notice it
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Now that I've arrived here safely
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I find my talent has gone
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Why do I go on and on and on and on and on
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And on and on and on and on and on
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He's dead, he's dead, he's dead
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I don't know it
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He's dead, he's dead, he's dead
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I didn't know
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He's dead, he's dead, he's dead
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I didn't know it
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Who would be so cruel to tell me so?
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You're dead!
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When will I end this bitter game?
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When will I end this cruel charade?
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Everything I write all sounds the same
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Each record that I'm making
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Is like a record that I've made
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Just not as good
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I'm dead but I don't know it
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He's dead, he's dead
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I'm dead but I don''t know
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He's dead, he's dead
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I'm dead but I don't know it
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He's dead, he's dead
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Please don't tell me so
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Please don't tell me so
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You're dead!
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I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It)
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| Randy Newman |
