Remember when we got the news Confirming our worst fears I said he wouldn´t make it six months And others gave him a year
And sure enough last Saturday We paid our last respects He left us here still in this life And he´s gone on to the next
I´d never seen him wear a tie But he looked so natural, almost lifelike The preacher spoke, his mother cried When he said “Son, you may now kiss the bride”
Everyone cheered, I thought how odd I didn´t understand Why with champagne and cake we celebrate The death of a single man
So many flowers, he was so loved Prior to the bride As a matter of fact The maid of honor should be disqualified
To all his friends, it´s a wake-up call If it happened to him It can happen to us all Nothing says it´s over man Like a bad 80´s cover band How can we dance to My Sharona At the death of a single man
He was so young So full of dreams
Before the day he fell Now he´s gone on to a better place Or possibly to hell
Now here we are, seems so unfair It´s poker night and there´s one empty chair So many things we´re gonna miss His happy smile and that great laugh of his
I think of him in the after wife, life I guess all good things must end So with Jack and Coke, we´ll make a toast To the death of a single man