Paramedics brave and strong 

Up before the break of dawn 

Putting poker faces on 

Broken bodies all day long 

The neighbors heard a fight 

Someone had a knife 

It must have have been the wife 

Husband's lost a lot of blood 

He wakes up screaming 

"Oh my god, am I gonna die? 

Am I gonna die?" 

As they strapped his arms down to his sides 

At times like these they'd been taught to lie 

"Buddy just calm down, you'll be alright" 



Several friends came to his grave 

His children were so well-behaved 

As the priest got up to speak 

The assembly craved relief 

But he himself had given up 

So instead he offered them this bitter cup 

"You're gonna die, we're all gonna die 

Could be twenty years, could be tonight 

Lately I have been wondering why 

We go to so much trouble to postpone the unavoidable 

And prolong the pain of being alive"