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Where The Dead Go When They Die

from I Jumped Ship by Paddy Garrigan and The Stroller Priests

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Where the Dead go when they Die by Paddy Garrigan and The Stroller Priests

Some people move away without due notice
They don't give you a forwarding address
They may give you a fright in the middle of the night
But they can't say where they got to when they left
I try hard not to think about dying
At least, not the parts of who or how or why
But there's one thing I'd like to know
And if you know, let me know,
Tell me: where do the dead go when they die?

When they die, when they die, tell me
where do the dead go when they die?

I am thinking today of that sorrowful day
When no more here on earth shall I be found
When my friends say goodbye with a tear and a sigh
And they put me down underneath the ground
When they lay me down that fatal, fateful morning
There won't be no time to stop and say goodbye
I'll say “that's all from me” and my new home will be
In a box where the dead go when they die.

When they die, when they die,
In a box where the dead go when they die.

Is there much entertainment up in heaven?
Do you have to come up with your own?
If you gave me all eternity and gave me a harp
I could still fail to get the thing in tune
Are there any bartenders up in heaven?
If there are, then I know where I'll abide
I'll say “thanks and goodnight”, then I'll go for a pint
In the bar where the dead go when they die

When they die, when they die,
In the bar where the dead go when they die

Is there some way you should be remembered?
Is it something you did or you said?
Is there one simple fact upon which we can act
and cling onto, now that you're dead?
I don't want to make you a picture
Or a statue twenty-seven feet high
Let me get some words down and I'll carry you around
In the song where the dead go when they die

When they die, when they die,
In the song where the dead go when they die

When they die, when they die, tell me
where do the dead go when they die?

From the album 'I Jumped Ship', released 29 April 2016.
Words and music by Paddy Garrigan (c) 2016

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from I Jumped Ship, released April 29, 2016
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Darren Leadsom
Produced by Darren Leadsom, Ben McCabe and Paddy Garrigan (but mostly by Darren Leadsom)
Words and music by Paddy Garrigan (c) 2016

Songs performed and arranged by Paddy Garrigan and the Stroller Priests, who are:
Paddy Garrigan - Vocals, Guitars
Ben McCabe - Backing Vocals, Drums
Darren Leadsom - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals

Find us at www.strollerpriests.com

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Paddy Garrigan and the Stroller Priests are a three piece band from Ulverston and Lancaster.
Alt-folk/rock. Story songs with great melodies,
wig outs and pleasant squawks. Sea monsters, James Joyce, the afterlife, Dad’s
Army, stoned freaks in the town centre and the universe blues are just some of what awaits the listener, set to a soundtrack grunge, rock’n’roll, mandolin dub and guitar heroics. ... more

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