Dying Young - Vic Chesnutt

Holes in his sweater, fluid in his lungs

The experts say there’s things

He should’ve done better

But instead he is just dying young

And tired of disbelieving, sick of struggling

The experts busy

Their gloved hands are relieving

The symptoms of dying young

Yeah, he wished he was a lawyer

Maybe like Perry Mason

He would sue them 'til they are scrawny

Instead of lying there dying young

Sometimes when he’s angry

He has a sharp tongue

The experts, they just fill him full of ice cream

They know that he is dying young

Yeah, he wishes he was an actor

Maybe like Rock Hudson

Instead of just another layman

Lying there dying young

Yes, he dreamed about an angel

And he thought about a gun

The experts, they file in by the roomful

Watching him dying young

Yeah, the experts, they file in by the roomful

Watching him dying young