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I wish you'd known me when I was alive, I was
I wish you'd known me when I was alive, I was a funny fella
a funny feller
 
The crowd would hoot and holler for more
The crowd would hoot and holler for more  
I wore a drunk's red nose for applause
 
Oh yes I was a comical priest
I wore a drunk's red nose for applause  
"With a joke for the flock and a hand up your
 
fleece"
Oh yes, I was a comical priest  
Drooling the drink and the lipstick and
 
greasepaint
"With a joke for the flock and a hand up your fleece"  
Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog-collar
 
Chorus:
Drooling the drink and the lipstick and greasepaint
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead,
 
now I'm dead, now I'm dead
Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog-collar  
And I'm going on to meet my reward
 
I was scared, I was scared, I was scared, I was
 
scared
 
He might of never heard God's Comic
''(Chorus:)''
So there he was on a water-bed
 
Drinking a cola of a mystery brand
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead  
Reading an airport novelette, listening to
 
Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem"
And I'm going on to meet my reward  
He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer
 
the one about my son"
I was scared, I was scared, I was scared, I was scared
"I've been wading through all this unbelievable
 
junk and wondering if I should have given
He might of never heard God's comic
the world to the monkeys"
 
Chorus
 
I'm going to take a little trip down Paradise's
 
endless shores
So there he was on a waterbed, drinking a cola of a mystery brand  
They say that travel broadens the mind, till you
 
can't get your head out of doors
Reading an airport novelette, listening to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem"  
I'm sitting here on the top of the world
 
I hang around in the longest night
He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer the one about my son"  
Until each beast has gone bed and then I say
 
"God bless" and turn out the light
"I've been wading through all of this unbelievable junk
While you lie in the dark, afraid to breathe and
 
you beg and you promise
And wondering if I should have given the world to the monkeys"  
And you bargain and you plead
 
Sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus
 
It's the big white beard I suppose
 
I'm going up to the pole, where you folks die of cold
(Repeat Chorus)
I might be gone for a while if you need me
 
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead,
 
now I'm dead, now I'm dead and you're all
 
going on to meet your reward
I'm gonna take a little trip down Paradise's endless shores  
Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared?
 
Are you scared?
They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors  
 
 
 
I'm sitting here on the top of the world, I hang around in the longest night  
 
Until each beast has gone to bed and then I say "God bless" and put out the light  
 
 
 
While you lie in the dark, afraid to breathe  
 
And you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead  
 
Sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus  
 
It's the big white beard, I suppose  
 
I'm going up to the Pole, where you folks die of cold  
 
I might be gone for a while if you need me  
 
 
 
Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead
 
And you're all going on to meet your reward  
 
Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared?  
 
You might have never heard, but God's comic
You might have never heard, but God's comic

Revision as of 21:12, 3 May 2009

I wish you'd known me when I was alive, I was a funny fella

The crowd would hoot and holler for more

I wore a drunk's red nose for applause

Oh yes, I was a comical priest

"With a joke for the flock and a hand up your fleece"

Drooling the drink and the lipstick and greasepaint

Down the cardboard front of my dirty dog-collar


(Chorus:)

Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead

And I'm going on to meet my reward

I was scared, I was scared, I was scared, I was scared

He might of never heard God's comic


So there he was on a waterbed, drinking a cola of a mystery brand

Reading an airport novelette, listening to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem"

He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer the one about my son"

"I've been wading through all of this unbelievable junk

And wondering if I should have given the world to the monkeys"


(Repeat Chorus)


I'm gonna take a little trip down Paradise's endless shores

They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors


I'm sitting here on the top of the world, I hang around in the longest night

Until each beast has gone to bed and then I say "God bless" and put out the light


While you lie in the dark, afraid to breathe

And you beg and you promise and you bargain and you plead

Sometimes you confuse me with Santa Claus

It's the big white beard, I suppose

I'm going up to the Pole, where you folks die of cold

I might be gone for a while if you need me


Now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead, now I'm dead

And you're all going on to meet your reward

Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared? Are you scared?

You might have never heard, but God's comic