Dead lyrics

[BANDLEADER]
You're born with nothin'
Your cheeks are apple dumplings
The air, the water
There's somethin' more you're wantin'
The milk, the sugar
Outside you, there's a name, and
You came with nothin'
You'll leave here just the same, but

[ERIK]
Between the dark and the dark is
The voice you're always hearin'
Some crazy auctioneer is yellin' at you, and
You walk, you run
You flee the dark, you see the sun
And every brick you ever laid will crumble away
Your mama's dead!

[BANDLEADER]
Your daddy's dead!

[ERIK]
Your brother's dead!

[BANDLEADER]
And so are you!
[ERIK]
Abe Lincoln's dead!

[BANDLEADER]
Frank James, dead!

[ERIK]
Your mama's dead!

[BANDLEADER & ERIK]
And so are you, and so are you, woo!

[BANDLEADER]
Your adolescence
Was just unopened presents
You drank the liquor
That made it all go quicker
Those dead ancestors
You had to make an exit
You went and found a bottle
And now your face reflects it

[ERIK]
And so you fail with failures
And you confront your rivals
Who stand there, armed with bibles, pointin' at you, and
You plot, you scheme
You had a chance, had a dream
Couldn't get a witness, now you stand here today
Your mama's dead!
[BANDLEADER]
John Gotti's dead!

[ERIK]
Dillinger's dead!

[BANDLEADER]
And so are you!

[ERIK]
Balzac is dead!

[BANDLEADER]
Tupac is dead!

[ERIK]
Anne Frank is dead!

[BANDLEADER & ERIK]
And so are you, and so are you!

I've been a pilgrim on the road from coast to coast
I look around and all I seen was hungry ghosts
Dead-end and spinnin' on the gravel road to hell
I know the drill, cause I'm one of them as well
[ERIK]
Your wild desire
And all you must acquire
More love, more money
But don't you find it funny

[BANDLEADER]
That still, you're hungry?
In fact, you're really famished
The craving and the panic
Until the day you've vanished

[ERIK]
You just keep pushing pushers
You just keep cheating cheaters
Like those religious leaders tell you to do

[BANDLEADER & ERIK]
So you kick, you scream
You hear the graduation theme
Jehovah calls your name and then she takes you away

[ERIK]
Babe Ruth is dead!
George Custer's dead!
Black Elk is dead!
And so are you!

[BANDLEADER]
Joe Young is dead!
Bert Convy's dead!
Glenn Gould is dead!
And so are you!

[BANDLEADER & ERIK]
Your mama's dead!
Your daddy's dead!
They’re all just dead!
And so are you!
Look at them, dead!
Look at me, dead!
Look at you, dead!
And so are you, and so are you, oh!