Harry the Pharoah

Harry was a pharaoh on the Nile

In typical Egyptian style

But Pharaoh Harry did not always go

With the status quo

One day discussing funerary rites

And where to bury Harry when he dies

He said "please don't ever put my body in

Some pyramid"

He said

CHORUS:

Tell me, what would a dead man do

With all that gold and all those jewels?

You can keep his body mummified

Make that dead man look alive

But he ain't ever gonna spend that loot

Tell me, what would a dead man do

With all that furniture and all that room?

If you're gonna build a house that nice

You oughta give it to some living guy

He could put it to a better use

What would a dead man do?

Now those were words Egyptians didn't like

'Cause they were in the business of the afterlife

And those plans and preparations kept them quite preoccupied

But he said keep that treasure in this life

Taste that spice, drink that wine

And eat those figs and pomegranates now

I think you'll find they tend to taste the best

When you're not dead

CHORUS:

So now no one recognizes Harry's name

And Pharaohs like King Tut get all the fame

That old King Tut, now there's a guy with one

Heck of a grave