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Iggy Pop – Nice to Be Dead (2009) | Track profile | Dork

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Préliminaires
Nice to Be Dead

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Nice to Be Dead

Release date: 25th May 2009

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"Nice to Be Dead" is a track by Iggy Pop, from the album Préliminaires, released 25th May 2009. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Iggy Pop.

About the Artist

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

Lyrics

Nice to Be Dead

It's nice to be dead

It's nice to be underground

Free of the ugly sounds

Of life

It's nice to be dead

Nice to be understood

No need for being good

That's nice

Hey

They say it's cynical

To elevate the physical

So tell me, godless god

Then why are these people clods

Causing the earth

To fry

Fry

It's nice to be dead

Life's river flows

And when it's dry, it's dry

I can't support the lies

That bind me

It's nice to be dead

Nice to be dead

It's nice to be dead

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Track details

From Préliminaires

2009

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Album

Release year

2009

—He's Dead/She's Alive
—King of the Dogs
—Party Time
—Les feuilles mortes
—Spanish Coast
—She’s a Business
—I Want to Go to the Beach
—Les feuilles mortes (Marc’s Theme)
—Nice to Be Dead
—How Insensitive
—A Machine for Loving
—Je sais que tu sais

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Hal Cragin, Iggy Pop
Producer: Hal Cragin
Drums: Kevin Hupp
Vocals: Iggy Pop
Instrumentation: Hal Cragin
Mastering Engineer: Tony Gillis
Mixing Engineer: Hal Cragin
Recording Engineer: Hal Cragin