Last Day of Pompeii

Song Description

If you lived in Pompeii and kinew the lava was coming just around the corner would you have wished you had lived your life differtenly. ..."you know my life would be differ'nt my love would be differ'nt if I knew than what I know now"

Song Length 3:12 Genre Jazz - Swing, Folk - Contemporary
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Duet Male/Female
Mood Poignant, Distressed Subject Regret
Similar Artists Manhattan Transfer, Barenaked Ladies Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

On the last day of Pompeii
I thought I heard some poor boy
Oh wow man if I knew then what I know now
I could 've done more, been more than I been
had fun more sinned more, mortal sin
oh wow, if I knew then what I know now

I would have sent back that steak that was so over done
grabbed that big break while there was time
turned my life into a fantasy
hot stuff for me, to remember, remember
and now that I'm a gone'r
with all that lava rushing 'round the corner
oh wow, I ain't complaining, only thinking out loud
you know my life would be differ'nt
my love would be differ'nt
if I knew than what I know now

on the last days of Pompeii
I thought I heard some poor gilr say
Oh wow man if I knew then what I know now
I could of learned to play the slide trombone
had a garden and grew my own
oh wow man, if I knew then what I know now

I know I should have taken that Mediteranian cruise
filled up on chocolates and cigarettes and booze
given some perfect stanger the blues
hot stuff for me
all that hot stuff, sweet and hot stuff
and when Vasuvio came to call
arriva derchi I 've had a ball
oh wow, I ain't complaining, only thinking out loud
you know my life would be differ'nt
my love would be differ'nt
if I knew than what I know now

Lyrics Michael Smith Music Michael Smith
Producer Sims Delaney-Potthoff Publisher Bird Ave
Performance Harmonious Wail Label Bufflehead Recordings
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Tsutomu My Top Songs 9/10/2007

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