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Jeb Brown & Erik Della Penna

Dead

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Soundtrack

Dead was released on August 22, 2025 by Audible, Inc. under exclusive license to Yellow Sound Label as a part of the album Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Song Details

AlbumDead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Release DateAugust 22, 2025

LabelAudible, Inc. under exclusive license to Yellow Sound Label

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM139

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jeb Brown

Vocals

Erik Della Penna

Erik Della Penna

Guitar

William B. Smylie

William B. Smylie

Bass Guitar

Rebekah Bruce

Piano, Conductor

Hank Heaven

Guitar

Spencer Cohen

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Erik Della Penna

Erik Della Penna

Songwriter

David Yazbek

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

David Yazbek

Producer

Dean Sharenow

Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You're born with nothing, your cheeks are apple dumplings

The air, the water, there's something more you're wanting

The milk, the sugar, outside you there's a name, and

You came with noth'n, you'll leave here just the same, but

[PreChorus]

Between the dark and the dark is

The voice you're always hear'n

Some crazy auctioneer is yelling at you

And you walk, you run, you flee the dark and see the sun

And every brick you ever laid will crumble away

[Chorus]

Your mama's dead

Your daddy's dead

Your brother's dead

And so are you

Abe Lincoln's dead

Frank James is dead

Your mama's dead

And so are you, and so are you, woo!

[Verse 2]

Your adolescence was just unopened presents

You drank the liquor it made it all go quicker

Those dead ancestors, you had to make an exit

You went and found the bottle and now your face reflects it

[PreChorus]

And so you fail with failures and you confront your rivals

Who stand there armed with Bibles pointing at you

And you plot, you scheme, you had a chance, had a dream

Couldn't get a witness, now you stand here today

[Chorus]

Your mama's dead

John Gotti's dead

Dillinger's dead

And so are you

Balzac is dead

Tupac is dead

Anne Frank is dead

And so are you, and so are you

[Bridge]

I've been a pilgrim on the road from coast to coast

I look around and all I seen was hungry ghosts

Getting and spending on the gravel road through hell

I know the drill 'cause I'm one of them as well

[Verse 3]

Your wild desire, and all you must acquire

More love, more money, but don't you find it funny

That still you're hungry, in fact you're really famished

The craving and the panic, until the day you've ya vanished

[PreChorus]

You just keep pushing pushers

You just keep cheating cheaters

Like those religious leaders tell you to do

So, you kick, you scream, you hear the graduation theme

Jehovah calls your name and then she takes you away

[Chorus]

Babe Ruth is dead

George Custer's dead

Black Elk is dead

And so are you

Joe Young is dead

Bert Convy's dead

Glenn Gould is dead

And so are you

[Chorus]

Your mama's dead

Your daddy's dead

They're all just dead

And so are you

Look at them, dead

Look at me, dead

Look at you, dead

And so are you, and so are you! Oh!

Written by: David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna

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