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As You Were Dying Lyrics by Peter Straker

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[Verse 1]
As you were dying
What thoughts came swirling through your brain?
As you were tying
A noose of new manila hemp
That you'd bought that very day
With a can of garden spray
And a plastic seeding tray
And a packet of food for the cat
[Verse 2]
And that was that
The last encounter of your life
You didn't look sad, dad
They say you joked about the race
As they rang up on the till
And you turned to climb the hill
With the firm intent to kill
A husband the father of three
[Verse 3]
You chose your moment
That heavy August afternoon
The day we all went
To see the suns at Alum Bay
Then the weary legs return
They sit flaming with sunburn
Then the key that wouldn't turn
And the shape in the well of the stair
[Bridge]
You walked in shadows
When my sky held bright horizons
The hope and joy and love
That you see dear
Or maybe never know
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Did you conceive me
In fire and vain and sweat and lust?
And yet how feebly
We touched each other in our lives
Though I know I'm not to blame
Why this residue of shame
That I took a coast-bound train
Leaving my father to swing by his neck
On a rope from the stair
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
(echoing) Na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Credits
Peter Straker

Peter Straker

About “As You Were Dying” by Peter Straker

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"As You Were Dying" appears on "Private Parts".

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