Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

This is my last song about myself, about my friends

 Found something else to sing

Try and patch it up with tape and twine

Maybe I'll just break everything that's mine

They wheeled out my casket,

 They said, "Boy, lay down your head"

I said, "Aw shit, man, I ain't even dead"

I won't be buried for I'm...

My friend, who's a real yo-yo

she's always crying, and no one knows why

 She's gonna be alright

Lost her past in a fuzzy fire

Wasn't even drunk, just a little tired last night

And they took her to the doctor

To fix her heart, and heal her head

She said, "Goddamn, I'm tired of being polite

Go save somebody else"

Friend of mine drank something fine,

Choked to death before his time, last night

He said, "I found that thing you really need"

Come on, you can't breathe allright

Everyone'll be there at the burial in your hea

 And a tear or two, they shed

Then they're gonna go digging in your hole

And find someone else instead

Make someone else feel dead instead

Oh, he didn't like people much at all

Tasted better with alcohol

You know how that one goes

He realized he d miss his whole life

Kissed his dog and shot his wife last night

And they pulled him to a preacher

He said, "Pray your final prayers"

 He said, "Aw shit, man, I don't even care

Oh, I ain't fitting in"

Reckless ruin is killing high

A great, fine victory we're still alive

 My, my, what a surprise

you shipped.... we're rotting here

You got home late, I don't care

 Better late than never, dear

They took her to the prison

Sat across from him, and sighed

 She said, "Fuck you, I wanted just to die

How come you, baby boy, you

You can't do a damn thing right

You can't do any damn thing right"

This is my last song I write inside

 Going out, find somewhere else to hide

Late at night on an empty street

 Ain't anyone I know walking beside me

I ain't done a damn thing right

 But oh, I'll try, before I die

 How 'bout tonight

They wheeled out my casket,

They said, "Boy, lay down your head"

 I said, "Believe me, I wish that I was dead"

But as long as I've been running

While this world exploded in this big hole in my head

But as long as I've been running

Well, I might just keep it coming

To someone else instead

Oh, you, baby boy, you

You can't do a damn thing right

You can't do any damn thing right