This is my entry for the SpinTunes song writing contest (#3, Round 1) - read all about it at spintown.bandcamp.com/album/spintunes-3-round-1 - The challenge was to write a happy song about death. Happy songs are hard to write. Happy songs about death inevitably turn out ridiculous or super-scary - at least when I write them. I wrote "I Love the Dead" with Christopher Walken's character from "Plots with a View" in mind. I also made a little video that you can watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTgJZlc9Uo
lyrics
I love the dead - strictly vocationally
I love the dead - I bury them professionally
So far none of them came back to complain
I'm just a happy undertaker - I aim to please
I'm making sure you'll get the perfect grave to rest in peace
Sometimes I feel a little bit misunderstood
Because death is my business and business is good
I love the dead - strictly vocationally
I love the dead - I bury them professionally
This funeral home is the place I call home
And with the graveyard next door I never feel alone
I love the dead - strictly vocationally
I love the dead - I bury them professionally
So far none of them came back to complain
I don't mean to offend - I just really like my job
I take care of the bodies before they start to rot
I can give you silence - I can give you thunder
Either way you'll end up six feet under
I love the dead - strictly vocationally
I love the dead - I bury them professionally
This is the grave digger's delight
credits
from The Happiest Man,
released October 19, 2011
Written and played by Johannes Schult.
Recorded 18th-19th June 2011 at MSS-5, Konstanz-Litzelstetten.
Vocals, acoustic guitars, percussion, programming.
