well, awful news blared from the station
i'd been killed off, it was more than i could stand
i also heard i'd been replaced
playin' bass, in the gosh darned beatles band
they said that i'd died died died...and way too young
it really caused a lot of trauma
too much drama, when that news was brung

they said that i'd died died died
and the clues went on
they said that i'd went bye bye bye bye bye bye bye
and that i was gone
'fore i knew it, really blew it
went bananas, i nearly threw up
they said that i'd died died died...and my life was done

well well well, i felt displaced
i don't know what kinda trip they were on
they thought that i was stone cold dead
with my body buried in the lawn
it was confusin', all the rusin'
really frantic, and not at all fun
and dagnabbit, i won't have it
i ain't rode into the settin' sun

they said that i'd died died died
with a black rose on
they said that i'd gone bye bye bye bye bye bye bye
and my race was won
why did they do it ?, i pooh-poohed it
those fanatics, they never give up
they said that i'd died died died
they said that i'd died died died
they said that i'd died died died
and that sure is dumb