Death Of A Single Man

	  		
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Remember when we got the news 
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Confirming our worst fears 
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I said he wouldn’t make it six months 
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And others gave him a year 
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And sure enough last Saturday 
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We paid our last respects 
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He left us here still in this life 
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And he’s gone on to the next 
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I’d never seen him wear a tie 
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But he looked so natural, almost lifelike 
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The preacher spoke, his mother cried 
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When he said “Son, you may now kiss the bride” 

Everyone cheered, I thought how odd 
I didn’t understand 
Why with champagne and cake we celebrate 
The death of a single man 

So many flowers, he was so loved 
Prior to the bride 
As a matter of fact 
The maid of honor should be disqualified 

To all his friends, it’s a wake-up call 
If it happened to him 
It can happen to us all 
Nothing says it’s over man 
Like a bad 80’s cover band 
How can we dance to My Sharona 
At the death of a single man 


He was so young 

So full of dreams 
Before the day he fell 
Now he’s gone on to a better place 
Or possibly to hell 

Now here we are, seems so unfair 
It’s poker night and there’s one empty chair 
So many things we’re gonna miss 
His happy smile and that great laugh of his 

I think of him in the afterwife, life 
I guess all good things must end 
So with Jack and Coke, we’ll make a toast 
To the death of a single man