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Songs: The Lament Of Desmond R.G. Underwood-Fredrick IV

Recording Info

The Lament Of Desmond R.G. Underwood-Fredrick IV has had 2 different recorded versions released over the years. The versions are:

  1. studio version recorded for the Squint Project. It appeared on the following recordings:
  2. live version recorded at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA on 22 October 1994. It appeared on the following recordings:

Lyrics

The Lament Of Desmond R.G. Underwood-Fredrick IV

written by Steve Taylor
Copyright © 1993 Soylent Tunes (ASCAP)

Ah, the news of my impending death
Came at a really bad time for me
Yeah, the news of my impending death
Any other day might have been ok

I was starting to track with my inner guide
I was getting in touch with my feminine side
But when the doctor starts whistling "Happy Trails"
Tends to take a bit of wind out of the old sails

CHORUS

Desi Ray, if I may be so blunt
Galahad, bag your agnostic front
Underwood, hire a good undertaker
Freddie, get ready to meet your maker

Ah, the news of my impending death
Came at a really bad time for me
I was far too young to depreciate
When they read me my expiration date

I'd built Iron Man stalls in the northern wild
I'd played Cabbage Patch dolls with my inner child
Now I'm getting sealed bids for a granite vault
And I'm pretty sure this is my parents' fault

(CHORUS)

Ah, the news of my impending death
Came at a really bad time for me
When they cancel your breathing policy
Tends to steal a bit of the old joie de vivre

I'd just found the lost key to my mythic life
So I bravely shook free of my kids and wife
I had seminars booked as a second career
Until a still, small voice screamed loud and clear

(CHORUS)

Notes and Interpretations

To come.

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