Andy Kaughman lyrics

AUTHOR: Sage Francis



Now I know it ain`t right, but I decided I hadta` /

Us poets paint life, but don`t get recognized till afta` /

So I faked my own death just to see what would happen /

As I taje shallow breaths and wait for people`s reaction /

It was funny at first, but I had to hold my laughter...wait /

Before long I was on display at an open casket wake /

And I`m the main attraction who draws a crowd. A freak show of sorts /

Good thing my skin is pale enough to pass as a decomposing corpse /

Frozen in my thoughts, laying stiff...playing with

/ People`s emotions and awaiting a kiss from praying lips that I hate but miss.



She didn`t show...although she sent a card with flowers /

How considerate. That little bitch would make me sit in my car for hours /

Heartless powers start to devour my patience...it gets me violent /

I`m ready to fly shit and end everything like "I QUIT!"

Then again I sit deathly quiet...biting my tongue /

Just excited that some kids...who were invited to come did /

I`m the center of attention...the talk of the town /

It ain;t all that profound, but on this special day of mine I`m the one the universe revolves around /

It`s like a birthday...kind of.

I also found that it`s the worst way to find love.

White doves battle black crows in one of the back rows /

And everybody my ass knows back home is sporting black clothes /

Looking glum as usual...it`s all too familliar /

I put the fun back into funeral. My morbid humor`ll kill ya` /

For all that it`s worth...the people who I thought were jerks /

Were putting on the water works and it sorta hurts /

My momma stroked my hair with so much care but hardly spoke /

Now my heart is broke, and yeah...I should`ve let her in on the joke /

But I`m honestly choked up, and I`m stuck holding back my tears /

As I absorb the atmosphere, "I wanna turn back I`m scared!"

Then a hand touches my shoulder to calm my nerves /

And something odd occurs because I heard my father`s words /

So I got disturbed...as he expressed what he`s never said /

What bothered me the most is that I remembered...he`s dead /

I manifested destiny. The best and worst of worlds has come true /

As I`m buried alive, in the back of my mind echoes his words:



"I love you."