When I'M Dead and Gone

When I am gone you can spread the word And leave your cage like a big black bird You can tell your world of my dreadful deeds And give your hungry lover all the food he needs You can eat your breakfast with you hair undone When I'm dead and gone The birds will sing about your evil ways And make stormy weather in your holidays You willl ask your lover what's happenin' here And you will look for comfort in my Irish beer But no drinks can mend your heart of stone When I'm dead and gone When my glass gets empty and my time runs out I dont care any more what you talk about If your stories are true or a goddamn lie I'll leave this place with my head up high! You'll hear the sound of thunder in distant skies You can fake some tears in your evil eyes You can give your lover my aftershave Put a rolling stone on my unmarked grave Then tell all your friends the bad things I've done When I'm dead and gone You can put my poems in a lonesome song And you can shred a tear as you sing along Then give it all away to some travelling soul Along with lonely days and the time you stole Then you can count the battles I lost and won When I'm dead and gone When my glass gets empty and my time runs out I dont care any more what you talk about If your stories are true or a goddamn lie I'll leave this place with my head up high!