Brad Paisley - Death Of A Single Man

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remember when we got the news
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confirming our worst fears
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i said he wouldnt make it six months
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and others gave him a year
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and sure enough last saturday
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we paid our last respects
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he left us here still in this life
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and hes gone on to the next
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id never seen him wear a tie
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but he looked so natural , almost lifelike
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the preacher spoke , his mother cried
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when he said son , you may now kiss the bride

everyone cheered , i thought how odd
i didnt understand
why with champagne and cake we celebrate
the death of a single man

so many flowers , he was so loved
prior to the bride
as a matter of fact
the maid of honor should be disqualified

to all his friends , its a wake – up call
if it happened to him
it can happen to us all
nothing says its over man
like a bad 80s cover band
how can we dance to my sharona
at the death of a single man

he was so young

so full of dreams
before the day he fell
now hes gone on to a better place
or possibly to hell

now here we are , seems so unfair
its poker night and theres one empty chair
so many things were gonna miss
his happy smile and that great laugh of his

i think of him in the afterwife , life
i guess all good things must end
so with jack and coke , well make a toast
to the death of a single man