Somebody Else - Loudon Wainwright III

Somebody else I knew just died

Went away of all flesh, but I can’t say I cried

When I heard the sad news about him

I thought, «he's off the hook, you’re up next, Jim»

Somebody else I knew just died

Somebody else I knew just passed

We might be built for speed, but we’re not made to last

And in the end a machine’s obsolete

And a life is a thing death will defeat

Somebody else I knew just passed

He was a guy, just somebody I knew

Once he paid me a compliment, right out of the blue

I was so relieved it was he who was dead

Just a guilty survivor, could’ve been me instead

Somebody else I knew is gone

Ah, you don’t see it coming, but you know all along

Still you can’t quite believe that it’s true

How could such a thing really happen to you?

Somebody else I knew is gone

Somebody else I knew is dead

That’s all she wrote, what else is said?

He’s not here, but soon we’ll join him

Now he’s off the hook, you’re up next, Jim

Somebody else I knew is dead

Oh, somebody else I knew just passed