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Songs: Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Number's Up?

• Recording Info
• Lyrics
• Notes and Interpretations

Recording Info

Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Number's Up? has had 2 recorded version released over the years. The versions are:

1. studio version recorded for the I Want To Be A Clone EP Project. It appeared on the following recordings:
   • I Want To Be A Clone
   • The Best That We Could Find [+ 3 That Never Escaped]
   • Now The Truth Can Be Told
2. portion of a demo version that appeared in the cut Shark Sandwich, a track of a number of demo song portions. Shark Sandwich appeared on the following recordings:
   • Now The Truth Can Be Told

Lyrics

Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Number's Up?

written by Steve Taylor
Copyright © 1982 Birdwing Music; Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co.; C.A. Music (ASCAP)

Sally's into knowledge
Spent her years in college
Just to find out nothing is true
She can hardly speak now
Words are not unique now
'Cause they can't say anything new
You say humanist philosophy is what it's all about?
You're so open-minded that your brains leaked out

CHORUS

Whatcha gonna do when your number's up?
Time to lay diplomas down
Whatcha gonna do when your number's up?
And you're buried six feet underground
Spent your life looking out for number one
Pride'll come before a fall
Whatcha gonna do when your number's up?
Were you thinking
That was the end of it all?

Harry's a civilian
Wants to make a million
So he keeps on pluggin' away
Money is eternal
Like the Wall Street Journal
Yes they're gonna make him happy someday
Grabbin' for the gusto
Gonna hit paydirt or bust
Where's it gonna get you
When you bite the dust?

CHORUS 2

Whatcha gonna do when your number's up?
Time to lay your money down
Whatcha gonna do when your number's up?
And you're buried six feet underground
Spent your life looking out for number one
Pride'll come before a fall
Whatcha gonna do when your number's up?
Were you thinking
That was the end of it all?

Buried in your psyche is the shadow of a doubt
You're so open minded that your brains leaked out

(CHORUS 2)

Notes and Interpretations

To come

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