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I Can't Believe It

from A Hard Sentence by Thinkspeak

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I did a painting called, Partial List of the Dead, where I listed several people i'd known who had died. This song covers similar terrain, each verse progressing in numbers, of the dead and of years lived for the narrator. The names make the point without actually having to be a real person or deceased.

lyrics

twelve more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it
some of my friends didn't make it this far with me
I can't believe it I can't believe it

Evelyn was laughing Darwin he was dancing
Noland he was singing such a sad song sad song

Ella Ruth listed in the phone book
Lisa was so clever Stanley dressed in leather
all gone all gone

ten more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it

2.
Duko he was drivin Paulie always lyin
Jeanni ran like blazes in the deep pine deep pine

Vivian scribblin in her notebook
Ada Belle was slinky Pete he never blinked he's
all gone all gone

eight more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it

3.
Dennis was the bully Sally was so silly
we all loved a lyin in the tall grass tall grass

Larry always divin in the deep part
Bobby was so stingy Carl he was the first to be
all gone all gone

six more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it

some of my friends didn't make it this far with me
I can't believe it I can't believe it

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from A Hard Sentence, released June 1, 2013

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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia

Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.

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