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WHAT WILL THEY SAY (WHEN I AM GONE)

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​Dummy

I went to school

But I cannot solve this equation

You plus me equals zero

 

Divided by me

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I admit

That I am no nobel mathematician

And some things I’ll never know

 

What kind of dummy am I

That I don’t know how lucky I am

What kind of dummy am I

That I would lead the slaughter to the lamb

The dummy that I am

I just can’t understand

You must be high

To be my man

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I’m a problem that needs more than simple calculation

A NASA nerd could get it wrong

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I’m like string theory

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In 1+1 Mine are beyond the standard deviations

And I wonder what you must be on

 

What kind of dummy am I

That I don’t know how lucky I am

What kind of dummy am I

That in a rush of blood I’d flood the dam

The dummy that I am

I just can’t understand

You must be high

To be my man

 

It don’t compute that me and you

Can sometimes equal three

And it don’t add up that you put up with such stupidity

So what’s in your veins must dull your pain

From ten times foolish me

Cause I’ve been a dunce more than once

 

What kind of dummy am I

That I don’t know how lucky I am

What kind of dummy am I

That I would lay waste to the land

The dummy that I am I just can’t understand

You must be high

To be my man

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Roamiet

They say it's a love story but I beg to differ

Romeo was in love with a girl

And the next day another

Nowadays we call those kinda boys players

His love won't stay with her

 

Has anybody ever thought about poor Rosaline

You know the girl Romeo left behind

Juliet keep that in mind

All she ever wanted was to keep

What was hers to keep

But Romeo couldn't handle that and

That's when he met Juliet

 

I'm just a Petrarchan lover

A Romeo that's undercover

Looking for my Julian

He's hiding in Friar Lawrence's cell again

He's got the poison he says take a sip

Says baby it won't hurt a bit

But no surprise these are lies

Juliet you were hoodwinked

He never really loved you

You were just the rebound girl

 

Yea ooo yea

 

He's got his charming tis and thous

Romeo's rushing wedding vows

Quick little lovers often stumble

And if lips do what hands do

Then they should have just waved

Then they wouldn't have had the kiss

That led them to their graves

Ooh to their graves because

 

I'm just a Petrarchan lover

A Romeo that's undercover

Looking for my Julian

He's hiding in Friar Lawrence's cell again

He's got the poison he says take a sip

Says baby it won't hurt a bit

But no surprise these are lies

Juliet you were hoodwinked

He never really loved you

You were just the rebound girl

 

Yea the rebound girl yea oooo

 

And you wanna know why Shakespeare stopped it there?

Romeo was getting in Juliet's hair

When a new girl moved in

He moved out

Leaving Juliet with Junior running about

And here comes a sloppy, sloppy divorce

And Juliet called she wants the house and the horse

And don't you forget child support because

 

I'm just a Petrarchan lover

A Romeo that's undercover

Looking for my Julian

He's hiding in Friar Lawrence's cell again

He's got the poison he says take a sip

Says baby it won't hurt a bit

But no surprise these are lies

Juliet you were hoodwinked

He never really loved you

You were just the rebound girl

 

For never was a story of more woe

Than that of Juliet and her Romey, and her Romeo

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One Way Ticket On A Yellow Bus

We love our babies

On that we must agree

So if you gotta shoot, then come shoot me

Let’s leave them out of this

Cause they’re too dumb to see

You gotta hate to prove what you believe

 

And I didn’t know I was signing them up

For a one-way ticket on a yellow bus

Where some who hear will remain nonplussed

Or a seminar on survival

I didn’t know I was signing them up

For a front row seat to the end of us

When every step feels perilous

Or the day hate had a revival

 

When I laid down in love

I guess I should have known

The hate they’d see when they were grown

But noone could predict

That when they left my home

I’d be sending them to a battle zone

 

And I didn’t know I was signing them up

For a one-way ticket on a yellow bus

Where some who hear will remain nonplussed

Or a seminar on survival

I didn’t know I was signing them up

For a front row seat to the end of us

When every step feels perilous

Or the day hate had a revival

 

And I didn’t know I was signing them up

For a one-way ticket on a yellow bus

Where some who hear will remain nonplussed

Or a seminar on survival

I didn’t know I was signing them up

For a front row seat to the end of us

When every step feels perilous

Or the day hate had a revival

 

I didn’t know I was signing them up

For the lockdown days and the hoax duress

And running drills for preparedness

Waiting for their killer’s arrival

 

I didn’t know I was getting them in

To a world that feels in a tailspin

When a life’s worth less than a firing pin

And the day hate had a revival

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Survivable

You make me laugh, I make you bend down to kiss me

But I already wonder why you’d try to dismiss me

Get into to me and I’ll eventually get used to you

Every Friday night you hold me so tender

But there’ll come a time I’m gonna have to surrender

Expose my wounds and have some faith you can make them new, but

 

Is it survivable to take you by the hand

Is it survivable to make you my man

Surviving falling in love is something I think I could do

But could I survive the day you say we're through

 

Maybe you could try do less to get attached to

Like calling me the lost sock you are the match to

And if you wanna stay you should not look at me that way

Cause give me one too many reasons to miss you

And it won’t be you, it might be me who dismissed you

Or you can go the easy way and promise me you’ll stay AND

 

Is it survivable to take you by the hand

Is it survivable to make you my man

Surviving falling in love is something I think I could do

But could I survive the day you say we're through

 

Could I survive the mystery

And erasing one more history

And resisting every urge to talk about it

Cause I’ve taken my last breath before

And there’s no reviving me no more

And if it just might kill me, I just might live with out it

 

So is it survivable to take you by the hand

is it survivable

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​What Will They Say (When I Am Gone)

What will they say when I am gone

What will they say when I am gone

I know I stand before you boring and full grown

But if their memories are long

I did some shitty things when I was pretty young

So, what will they say when I am gone.

 

When all the people gather round

Please ask the woman with a frown

Don’t ask that dude who’s smiling, dancing on my grave

He’s probably from the early days

 

Or ask the man who’s shedding tears

We must have met in recent years

But not a word from all the ladies slapping hands

I think they knew a different man

 

What will they say when I am gone

What will they say when I am gone

I know I stand before you boring and full grown

But if their memories are long

I did some shitty things when I was pretty young

So, what will they say when I am gone.

 

That drunken dame banging a gong

I think I might have done her wrong

But anybody kneeling down to pray

Must just’ve met me yesterday

 

Cause I don’t hurt much anymore

But I’m a sinner to the core

And anyone who really knows me well

Has thought, “yeah, he might go to hell”

 

What will they say when I am gone

What will they say when I am gone

I know I stand before you boring and full grown

But if their memories are long

I did some shitty things when I was pretty young

So, what will they say when I am gone

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