Dumbass
[Best I can manage today is some lyrics for my band to sing about our buddy who drank and drugged himself to death.]
Dumbass
Verse 1
You coulda stopped drinking
You coulda started thinking
You coulda listened to your therapist
to deal with the terrible shit
Chorus
Dumbass! You were a dumbass!
We’re not saying we don’t love you
cuz we do. Dumbass!
You were a dumbass!
I know that you know it’s true.
Verse 2
You coulda stopped
getting high
coulda found a job
and found a way to get by
Chorus
Dumbass! You were a dumbass!
We’re not saying we don’t love you
cuz we do. Dumbass!
You were a dumbass!
I know that you know it’s true
Verse 3
You coulda lived
in someone’s basement
but you’d rather drift
than pay rent
You coulda got sober
Now you’re not
getting older
You coulda got sober
Now you’re not
getting older
Chorus
Dumbass! You were a dumbass!
We’re not saying we don’t love you
cuz we do. Dumbass!
You were a dumbass!
And we’re a bunch of dumbasses, too.
And we’re a bunch of dumbasses, too.
Especially Drew.
And we’re a bunch of dumbasses, too.
Especially Drew.
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Nice. Especially like “You coulda got sober / Now you’re not / getting older …” sad and final.
And Drew. Especially Drew.
Drew’s our drummer.
Figured he is a band member, he’s just the only Dumbass called out by name.
…for the rhyme, more than anything.
I love this–for all the well-loved folks that couldn’t find their way out.
You managed quite well. Something important to sing about.
I have not heard your band, but I could hear your voice singing this!
I hear this as some hardcore punk or metal.