I don't know it
Why won't he go away?
Why do I go on and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
When will I end this bitter game?

But I stagger on instead

They're calling me to join their group

Now, I hear the people say
(He's dead, he's dead)
I didn't know
And on, and on, and on, and on?

I'm dead but I didn't know
Time you spend with me

When I lost a step or two or three or four or five
Everything I write, all sounds the same
I have a family to support
I'm dead but I don't know it

When will I end this cruel charade?
I'd notice it
(He's dead, he's dead)
I'm dead but I don't know it
Who would be so cruel to tell me so?
(He's dead, he's dead)
Let me, let me, let me go
(He's dead, he's dead)
I always thought that I would know
(He's dead, he's dead)
Oh
Please don't tell me so
Dear God, sweet God, protect me from the truth

(He's dead, he's dead)

I find my talent is gone
I didn't know it
Thirty years upon a stage
Please don't tell me so
(You're dead)
Each record that I'm making is like a record that I made

I've nothing further to report

(You're dead)
I'm dead but I don't know it
Just not as good
I pass the houses of the dead
Is time you lose
I'm dead but I don'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)
But surely, that is no excuse

(He's dead, he's dead, he's dead)
When it was time to quit
But now that I've arrived here safely
And on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
Please don't tell me so