OUTLIVE (ONLY GETTING OLDER)
Well i outlived Ritchie Valens
on the day I turned eighteen
Then I outlived Buddy Holly
And then I outlived James Dean
Then I outlived Otis Redding
Then I outlived Kurt Cobain
Yeah I’m only getting older
And it’s driving me insane
Well I outlived River Phoenix
Then I outlived Tupac Shakur
And I’ve even outlived Biggie
But just you wait there’s more
Then I outlived Janis Joplin, Robert Johnson, Brian Jones
Yeah I’m only getting older
I can feel it in my bones
Well now I’ve outlived Jim Morrison and Amy Winehouse too
And I’ve outlived Jimi Hendrix
But i still don’t know what to do with my life
Will I outlive the Big Bopper?
If I will it’s coming soon
For I just turned twenty eight last month
And that’s when he met his doom
Well I outlived Ian Curtis, but will I outlive Keith Moon
There’s no way for me to know yet
But I really hope I do
Well I outlived Anton Yelchin, will I outlive John McCain?
For i don’t know what to do now and it’s driving me insane
Will I outlive Jayne Mansfield or Marilyn Monroe
There’s no way that i could tell you
But I hope that’s how it goes
And will I outlive John Lennon
And Roy Orbison too
Well I really hope it goes that way
And by then I have a clue about life
Well I’ve referenced all the men killed
On the day the music died
But will I ever outlive Don McClean
Well I think he’s still alive
And will I outlive Tom Petty
And George Harrison too
And the real Paul McCartney
And that fake imposter dude
Will I outlive all four Golden Girls
And Ozzy Osbourne too
I could outlive this whole planet
And still not know what to do with my life
Will i outlive all of ABBA, and all The Rolling Stones
Yeah I’m only getting older
And I feel it in my soul
Will I outlive Freddie Mercury
Like I outlived Lil Peep
And will I outlive the President
Well I hope cuz he’s a creep
Will I outlive all my siblings
Or will they all outlive me
There’s no way for me to know yet
So for now I’ll let it be
Well now I’ve outlived four cats and three dogs
And goats and chickens too
And I’ve outlived one grandparent
And I don’t know what to do without him
One day I’ll outlive my parents
Though we fight I’ll miss them too
But some folks outlive their children
And I think that’s pretty cruel
Seen it happen in my family
There was nothing they could do
<Will I outlive all the Bee Gees
And Taylor Hawkins too
And will I ever outlive Chris Cornell
And maybe Chester too
Will I outlive Morten Harket
Will I outlive Neil Peart
Will I outlive Frank Sinatra
All this music haunts my ears
Will I outlive all six Pythons
Will I outlive Charlie Kirk
And Ted Bundy, Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer
Will I outlive all the Beach Boys
When I do it’s gonna hurt
Hope that I outlive Phil Spector
Thought I love his wall of sound
For that dudes a fucking murderer
And I’m glad he’s not around
Don’t know how to round this thing out
Other than to say, don’t know where my life is going
But it’ll come with joy and pain
But I hope I outlive Reagan, hope I outlive JFK
Hope I outlive Martin Luther King
And to an end I bring this thing
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Outlive in the less conventional sense of living to an age older than they died at but also the more conventional sense of being alive after they died