<br>
Ah, I can see them now<br>
Clutching a handkerchief<br>
And blowing me a kiss<br>
Discreetly asking how<br>
How come he died so young<br>
Or was he very old<br>
Is the body still warm<br>
Is it already cold<br>
All doors are open wide<br>
They poke around inside<br>
My desk, my drawers, my trunk<br>
There's nothing left to hide<br>
Some love letters are there<br>
And an old photograph <br>
They've l aid my poor soul bare<br>
And all they do is laugh<br>
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha!<br>
Ah, I can see them all<br>
So formal and so stiff<br>
Like a sergeant-at-arms<br>
At the policeman's ball<br>
And everybody's pushing<br>
To be the first in line<br>
Their hearts upon their sleeves<br>
Like a ten-cent valentine<br>
The old women are there<br>
Too old to give a damn<br>
They even brought the kids<br>
Who don't know who I am<br>
They're thinking about the price<br>
Of my funeral bouquet<br>
What they're thinking isn't nice<br>
'Cause now they'll have to pay<br>
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha<br>
Ah, I see all of you<br>
All of my phony friends<br>
Who can't wait till it ends<br>
Who can't wait till it's through<br>
Oh, I see all of you<br>
You've been laughing all these years<br>
And now all that you have le ft<br>
Are a few crocodile tears<br>
Ah, you don't even know<br>
That you're entering your hell<br>
As you leave my cemetery<br>
And you think you're doing well<br>
With that one who's at your side<br>
You're as proud as you can be<br>
Ah, she's going to make you cry<br>
But not the way you cried for me<br>
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha<br>
Ah, I can see me now<br>
So cold and so alone<br>
As the flowers slowly die<br>
In my field of little bones<br>
Ah, I can see me now<br>
I can see me at the end<br>
Of this voyage that I' m on<br>
Without a love, without a friend<br>
Now all this that I see<br>
Is not what I deserve<br>
They really have a nerve<br>
To say these things to me<br>
No, girls, just bread and water<br>
All your money you must save<br>
Or there'll be nothing left for us<br>
When you're dead and in your grave<br>
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, há<br>
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