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[Chorus]It's gonna be a long while |
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It's gonna be a long, long while |
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Gonna be a long while, living[Verse 1] |
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A sad, sad day |
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When he finally goes away |
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There's gonna be a deli tray |
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And some tears |
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But it could be years |
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Everybody's lining up |
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To get a piece of grandpa's stuff |
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If you think that living's tough |
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Dying's worse[Chorus] |
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It's gonna be a long while |
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It's gonna be a long, long while |
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It's gonna be a long while, living[Verse 2] |
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It only takes a little slip |
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For him to fall and break his hip |
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And then it's just a downhill trip |
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To his grave |
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Embalmed and shaved |
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Sister wants the figurines |
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Brother wants the fax machine |
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Mother thinks it's all obscene' |
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Cause she'll be next[Chorus] |
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But it's gonna be a long while |
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It's gonna be a long, long while |
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It's gonna be a long while, living[Bridge] |
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Beneath the chatter no one heard |
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The old man's final dying words |
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He lay alone so pale and small |
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And whispered, "How I hate you all" |
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His life is not what |
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I would call living[Verse 3] |
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Wait until |
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The lawyer finally reads the will |
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Circling above their kill |
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Everyone will be stunned |
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He gave it all to charity |
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Dangled like a carrot, he |
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Decided not to share it, we |
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Should have known[Chorus] |
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Grandpa's gonna be a long while |
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Gonna be a long, long while |
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Gonna be a long while, living |
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Grandpa's gonna be long while |
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Gonna be a long, long while |
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It's gonna be a long while, living |
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Long while, |
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Gonna be a long, long while, living |
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Long while, |
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Oh he's gonna be a long, long while, |
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Gonna be a long while, living. |
