I'd Rather Be Dead

[Chorus: Nilsson]

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead (You haven't got a camera handy, have you?)

I'd rather be dead

Than wet my bed

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead

I said, dead

Than wet my bed

[Verse 1: Nilsson & Chorus]

Oh, I'd rather be gone

Than carry on

I'd rather go away

Than feel this way

Oh, I'd rather be there

Where you haven't got a care

And you're better off dead

Though it doesn't seem fair

[Chorus: Nilsson & Chorus]

Oh, I'd rather be dead (Oh, I'd rather be dead)

I'd rather be dead (I'd rather be dead)

I'd rather be dead

Than wet my bed

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead (I said dead)

Than wet my bed

[Verse 2: Nilsson, Ladies & Men]

I'd rather keep my health (I'd rather keep my health)

And dress myself (And dress myself)

But you're better off dead (But you're better off dead)

Than sitting on a shelf

I'll tie my tie

'Til the day I die

But if I have to be fed

Then I'd rather be dead

[Verse 3: Nilsson & Chorus]

And when he takes my hand

On the very last day

I will understand

Because it's better that way

Oh! It's nice to be alive

When the dream comes true

You'll be better off dead

It could happen to you

[Chorus: Nilsson & Chorus]

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead

Than wet my bed

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead

I'd rather be dead

Than wet my bed

[Outro: Nilsson]

Alright! Give yourselves a big hand!

[Clapping]