I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It) (Album Version)

I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It) (Album) - Randy Newman

Written by：Randy Newman

I have nothing left to say

But I'm going to say it anyway

Thirty years upon a stage

Now I hear the people say

Why won't he go away

I pass the houses of the dead

They're calling me to join their group

But I stagger on instead

Dear God sweet God protect me from the truth

I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead he's dead

I'm dead but I don't know

He's dead he's dead

I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead he's dead

Please don't tell me so

Let me let me let me go

I have a family to support

But surely that is no excuse

I've nothing further to report

Time you spend with me

Is time you lose

I always thought that I would know

When it was time to quit

When I lost a step or two or three

Or four or five

I'd notice it

But now that I've arrived here safely

I find my talent is gone

Why do I go on and on and on

And on and on and on forgot in

And on and on and on and on

And on and on and on and on

Forgot in

And on and on and on and on

He's dead he's dead he's dead

I don't know it

He's dead he's dead he's dead

I didn't know

He's dead he's dead he's dead

I didn't know it

Who would be so cruel to tell me so

You're dead

Oh

When will I end this bitter game

When will I end this cruel charade

Everything I write all sounds the same

Each record that

I'm making is like a record that

I made

Just not as good

I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead he's dead

I'm dead but I didn't know

He's dead he's dead

I'm dead but I don't know it

He's dead he's dead

Please don't tell me so

Please don't tell me so

You're dead