The children will sing
A song in the streets
Sounds like the 23rd psalm
To music of twenty-one guns
The flowers are dead
In a vase by the bed
In the place where the old woman died
It's the same place she started her life
The papers will all say her name
And probably print the wrong date
The day that you die
'Cause we're all gonna die
Cute little puppies and bunnies and birds
People who sing when they don't know the words
You will die
'Cause we're all gonna die
It's just part of life
All men, women, children, hermaphrodites, too
Animals, aliens, and certainly you
You will die
'Cause we're all gonna die
'Cause everyone dies
And all that was ever and all that will be
Single-celled creatures and anything green
You will die
'Cause we're all gonna die
Start saying goodbye
From the moment you start up this miserable life
You should know that it's only a matter of time
'Til you die
'Cause we're all gonna die
Start saying goodbye
And the morons at labels who think they know tunes
The army of lawyers that threaten to sue
The hookers that blow them when I just want food
And the asshats that download, and never buy tunes
You should die
'Cause we're all gonna die
I can't wait 'til you die
All Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Jews
You dumb Scientologists and guys who bend spoons
Well Buddhists, sort of, and Atheists, too
All you wack-job believers, nobody's immune
You will die
'Cause we're all gonna die
Kiss your ass goodbye
And sarcastic songwriters, guys with tattoos
Drummers and bassists and engineers, too
And every last person that sang in this room
They will die
'Cause we're all gonna die
Yeah, we're all gonna die
'Cause we're all gonna die
Yeah, we're all gonna die
And it's just a reminder of something that's frequently known