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I returned a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
before the expiration date

I came back as a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
before the date stamped on myself

Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket?
And was everybody dancing on the casket?

Though it's over I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want
Or, I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do

I will never say the word "procrastinate" again
I'll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed
I didn't apologize for when I was eight
and I made my younger brother
have to be my personal slave

Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket?
And was everybody dancing on the casket?

Now it's over I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want
Or, I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do

So I won't
sit at home
anymore
and you won't
see my head
in the window
and I won't
be around ever anymore
I'll be up there on the wall at the store

I returned a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the expiration date
I came back as a bag of groceries
accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the date stamped on myself

Now it's over I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want
Or, I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do

[ instrumental ]

Vocals:   Steve Burns
Written by:   John Flansburgh & John Linnell (They Might Be Giants)
Album:   HELLO RADIO: the songs of They Might Be Giants (2006)
  Cover Version of DEAD by STEVE BURNS

 
  Flood (1990)
  Original Version by THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS