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