DEATHWATCH FOR A LIVING LEGEND 

Written by David Poe. ©2000 Charming Martyr Music (BMI). All rights reserved. From The Late Album 

LEGENDARY COUNTRY 

ROCK & ROLL MOVIE STAR 

DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL DISEASE 

THEY SAID LET US PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MAN 

LET HIM WALK TALL INTO HIS FINAL MYSTERY 

  

SO THEY SHOT HIM FULL OF MAGIC, 

DRAGGED HIM FROM HIS BED 

PROPPED HIM UP ONSTAGE 

AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID: 

  

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TONIGHT 

THEY'RE GONNA SHOOT ME FOR THE LAST TIME 

I DON'T MEAN WITH A GUN 

(THOUGH SOME HAVE TRIED) 

  

LORD I'M DROWNING IN THIS FLOODLIGHT 

THEY'RE THINKING THAT I DONE SOMETHING RIGHT 

BUT YOU AND I KNOW IT ISN'T SO 

TONIGHT THEY SHOOT THE SHOW 

THEY'LL SHOW IT WHEN I DIE 

  

WHEN I DIE 

WHEN I DIE 

THIS IS HOW I'M GONNA LOOK 

FROM UP ON HIGH 

  

THEY'LL READ A SPEECH TO RIGHT ALL MY WRONGS 

EULOGIZING FOR TOO LONG 

THEN THE YOUNGSTERS WILL SING ALL MY SADDEST SONGS 

AND CUT THE GOOD PARTS OUT 

THEY THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT 

AND THE FOLKS WILL 

SCREAM & SHOUT 

ONE LAST TIME 

  

WHEN I DIE 

WHEN I DIE 

THIS IS HOW I'M GONNA LOOK 

FROM UP ON HIGH 

  

O JESUS WILL YOU BE MY GUIDE 

AND PROTECT MY LIKE YOU DID IN THIS LIFE 

AND LEAD ME INTO THE LIGHT 

UP ON HIGH 

WHEN I DIE 

  

AS THE CENTURY WAS GIVING ITS LAST GASP 

WE MARKED EACH SUPER-GENIUS AS HE PASSED 

LIKE KILLERS WE RECORDED ALL OUR CRIMES 

AND HUNG THEM ON THE WALL 

AND THEY CAN'T DESTROY IT ALL 

BEFORE THE HEAVENS FALL 

AND OPEN LIKE A SCROLL 

  

WHEN I DIE 

WHEN I DIE 

WHEN MY SOUL GOES ABOVE OR DOWN BELOW 

YOU'RE GONNA DIE 

THEY TOLD YOU SO 

BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE THE STAR OF THAT SHOW 

  

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