Somebody Else

Somebody else I knew just died
 Went away of all flesh, but I can't say I cried
 When I heard the sad news about him
 I thought, "he's off the hook, you're up next, Jim"
 Somebody else I knew just died
 Somebody else I knew just passed
 We might be built for speed, but we're not made to last
 And in the end a machine's obsolete
 And a life is a thing death will defeat
 Somebody else I knew just passed
 He was a guy, just somebody I knew
 Once he paid me a compliment, right out of the blue
 I was so relieved it was he who was dead
 Just a guilty survivor, could've been me instead
 Somebody else I knew is gone
 Ah, you don't see it coming, but you know all along
 Still you can't quite believe that it's true
 How could such a thing really happen to you?
 Somebody else I knew is gone
 Somebody else I knew is dead
 That's all she wrote, what else is said?
 He's not here, but soon we'll join him
 Now he's off the hook, you're up next, Jim
 Somebody else I knew is dead
 Oh, somebody else I knew just passed