Epitaph For a Common Man

Will you leave this life Without a murmur or a whimper Be cast down to the depths below In a hallowed tomb of timber You did not exit stage left To the sound of thunderous applause Or the scream of heavy bombardment Or some tearing tiger claws To all the men who slipped away, unnoticed Here is ye're epitaph We looked at the world with unblinking eyes And all we could do was laugh