Lets Die Some Time

Have you ever thought of dying? Why yes of course!
What could be more lovely than riding the white horse?
Everyone loves dying! We work up to it for years,
Then we hop into the casket with a smile reaching our ears,

And do we fight? Do we resist? No don't be silly!
We go out in style, with something a bit frilly,
We can't wait to get the heck out of here, off and away,
As they slam the lid we think "Who the heck wants to stay?!?"

The dressed up folk now, they think a bit quirky,
Did you hear the story of them crying over dead turkey?
The look on their faces at funeral, like Christmas came late,
I don't understand them, who wants to wait?!?

What part is it? They are so attached to?
Is it their arms or their legs? I ask you!
Is it the mortal flesh, or colorless field,
Or the blackness scarred world, to which we must yield?

What say you? We are hanging off the rails,
The city opens up below us, hear the horns and the wails!
Look at the lights, the millions of people,
Look at the stars, and the dozens of steeples,

Shall we jump? Nearly a hundred feet down!
Its swirling around us, the sights and the sounds,
Is it real or a fake? Like a window in spring,
All fogged up, obscuring the real thing,

Come on let's go! I want to move on!
Is this life so wonderful that you want to stay long?
I think I can see something, just beyond the sky,
So let's jump, oh yes, let's die.

Die! What a nasty word!
Nasty nasty! I won't have it heard!
Your mentally ill! Or something like that,
Let's lock you up! Like a bad feral cat!

Lets lock you down, strap you to a chair,
Get people to poke you, and pretend like they care,
Lets read you long questions, and analyze your brain,
There, whew, lets make you sane.

Now lets forget about all this dying stuff,
You're here, you're now! Isn't that enough?
Thats better, you're getting it now!
You're looking much better, like a well fed cow.

Glassy eyes and fenced in home,
Wow! You've got twenty feet to roam!
We're all here now, John, Sam, Jimmy and Beth,
And I must say, man, you had us worried to death.