Just Around the Corner

My daughter's getting married

I can't believe it's true

She doesn't ask her parents

Before she says, "I do"

And what about my husband?

Oblivious, naive

This evening's getting serious

These Ohioans won't leave

But I can't let these latest problems

Rob me of my bliss

For when I'm scared of true disaster

I remember this

Death is just around the corner

Waiting patiently to strike

One unplanned electrocution

That's the kind of end

I can comprehend

When I'm feeling uninspired

Or I need a little spree

I'm reborn knowing

Death is just around the corner

Coming after me

Get it? Coroner

Death is just around the coroner

Death is just around the corner

Waiting high upon the hill

Someone buried in an avalanche

That's the kind of gig

I can really dig

Marriage often disappoints you

Not each husband is a gem

So I'll mourn

Knowing death is just around the corner

Coming after them

If life's all plums

I'll muddle through some

But when death comes

I hope it's gruesome

Some people die from public stoning

Faulty wiring, faulty zoning

Cherry pits they didn't know were there

It could be by a jungle cat

A slippery mat

A baseball bat

Perhaps an unsuccessful love affair

It could be on a speeding train

It could be underwater

It could be too much Novocain

Or even by your daughter

Perhaps a bad mosquito bite

A title fight

Religious rite

My darlings, it might even be tonight

Death is just around the corner

No one's ever been immune

Turning off a respirator

With a simple click

Scandalously quick

I can face a new tomorrow

If I make it past today

I feel good saying

Death is just around the corner

Swiftly on its way

Death is just around the corner

And you have to heed the call

Don't ask why

For your death is just around the corner

(You and I)

Happy being both the mourned and mourner

(Say goodbye)

Because death is just around the corner

Coming for us all