Funeral Tango

[Verse 1] Oh, I can see them now clutching a handkerchief And blowing me a kiss discreetly asking how How come he died so young or was he very old Is the body still warm, is it already cold? All doors are open wide they grope around inside My desk, my drawers, my trunk there's nothing left to hide Some love letters are there, an old photograph They've laid my poor soul bare and all they do is laugh Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha! [Verse 2] Oh, I can see them all, so formal and so stiff Like a sergeant-at-arms at a policeman's ball And everybody's pushing to be the first in line Their hearts upon their sleeves like a ten-cent valentine The old women are there too old to give a damn They even brought along the kids who don't know who I am They're thinking about the price of my funeral bouquet What they're thinking isn't nice, for now they'll have to pay Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha [Verse 3] Oh, I see all of you all of my phony friends Who can't wait till it ends, who can't wait till it's through Oh, I see all of you you've been laughing all these years And now all you have left are a few crocodile tears Ah, you don't even know that you're entering your hell As you leave my cemetery, you think you're doing well With that one who's at your side, you're as proud as you can be Ah, she's going to make you cry but not the way you cried for me Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha [Verse 4] Oh, I can see me now, so cold and so alone As the flowers slowly die in my field of little bones Oh, I can see me now I can see me at the end Of this voyage that I'm on, without a love, without a friend Now all this that I see is not what I deserve They really have a nerve to say these things to me No, girls, just bread and water and your money you must save Or there'll be nothing left for us when you're dead and in your grave Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha Ha-ha!