DontRunMeOver

I figured that I can write a song which sums up the different ways in which kids I went to school with or new from other places who died. Gruesome, I know, but then again I knew them so I suppose that entitles me to write about it. For starters, I'm going to do it in a simple throwaway rhyming style... and might rework it later, after I've decided which of the numerous deaths would suit songwriting best... There's quite a lot of them to pick from...


I used to play football
With a boy called Jimmy
He was neither smart, nor dumb
A little short and skinny
Pretty normal, all in all
With a pretty normal name
Then one day Jimmy fell into a silo
And drowned beneath the grain

These things happen
To strangers
These things happen
To strangers
Or so we thought
So we thought

And behind me in my form room
Sat another kid called Andy
I used to mock the way he talked
I don’t think he could stand me
Apart from that, he was your average guy
Neither a scholar, nor a felon
Then one day his bike went under a lorry
And his head, crushed like a melon

These things happen
To strangers
These things happen
To strangers
Or so we thought
So we thought

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