Story Behind The Song
The idea for this song came to me, while I was in the Intensive care unit at the Washington Hospital Center.I was 44 years old and recovering from emergency open heart surgery.
Song Description
A young or middle age person really doesn't expect to die .The truth is that death does not discriminate.It takes away our friends and family members regardless of age,and without a trace.
| Song Length |
4:00 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Poignant |
Subject |
Doom, Regret |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
DEATH WITHOUT A TRACE-
When I die
There will be no tears to cry
Will not be a wooden spear stuck in my side
It will help me if you pray
On that sad & faithful day
When this dog has had his day & this dog is done
The army won't raise the flag half way up the pole
United Press will not be told
Larry King would rather tell a different piece of news
Willie Nelson will still get high
Pick guitar & sing the blues
But when I die
There will be no tears to cry
Will not be a widowed bride
contemplating suicide
For her Man has had his day
And she can't recall his face
And when she's down it almost makes her cry
It's like Death Without A Trace
It's like a life without a face
It's like a home without a road
It's like a carousal of slugs
It's like living without cleaning like making love without meaning
And when I'm down it almost makes me cry
It's Like Death Without A Trace
It's like a life without a face
It's like a home without a road
It's like a rock that never rolls
It's like living without cleaning
Like making love without meaning
And when I'm down it almost makes me cry
And when I die
There will be no tears to cry
Nor a relative left here to divide
My Earthly estate
The worms they just can't wait
To pick me clean right down to the bone
The army won't raise the flag half way up the pole
United Press will not be told
Dan Rather would rather tell a different piece of news
Willie Nelson will still get high
Pick guitar & sing the blues
But when I die
There will be no tears to cry
Will not be a wooden spear stuck in my side
It will help me if you pray
On that sad & faithful day
When this dog has had his day & this dog is done