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I’ll Be Dead Before It Happens was re-mastered in September 2022
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I keep writing songs but mostly no one hears them. This one struck a chord with John Vallins, a friend who happened to have a studio and, as chance would have it, was even a musician. He liked this one, we recorded it, and the rest is history. If there actually is a history when the seas rise and fires burn.
I’ll Be Dead
Verse 1:
They tell me that the seas will rise
And maybe they are right
And maybe not, I don’t really care
Nothing’s going to happen over night
And by the time it does
I’ll have moved into sweet repose
Someone else will have to clean up the mess
That’s just the way it goes
Chorus:
I’ll be dead before it happens
It’s no concern of mine
It’s someone else’s problem
In somebody else’s time
Verse 2:
If the whole wide world
Becomes an ugly place to be
Someone will have to be living there
But that someone won’t be me
So while I’m still alive
I proudly do not care
I’m not particularly interested
Because I won’t be there
Chorus:
I’ll be dead before it happens
It’s no concern of mine
It’s someone else’s problem
In somebody else’s time
Verse 3:
There are strange men on the TV
They claim that it’s all a hoax
While they might not making perfect sense
They seem to be clever folk
It suits me to believe
That they just might be right
But let me tell you none of it
Is keeping me up at night.
Chorus:
I’ll be dead before it happens
It’s no concern of mine
It’s someone else’s problem
In somebody else’s time
Verse 4:
One day in the Future
My grandkids will be grown
Maybe they’ll judge me harshly
But I’ll be dead so i wont know
I guess I’ve dodged a bullet
It’s pretty great to be me
I’ve finally found a benefit
Of being over 70
Chorus:
I’ll be dead before it happens
It’s no concern of mine
It’s someone else’s problem
In somebody else’s time
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