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Daniel Cowman

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Daniel Cowman

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On the day that Daniel Cowman stopped existing

The world should've ended right then and there

At precisely four-fifteen when he stopped existing

The world should've ended

How could it go on?

How could it go on?

How could it go on?

Oh and I don't exist

I don't exist

And now that we got that straight, doesn't mean that I can fly

Doesn't mean that I can go do whatever I want

Now that we got that clear, and you know that I'm not here

Doesn't mean that I can go do whatever I please

The premature ejaculation of his death sentence

Hit daniel in the face like a big round spitball

And everything got hazy in the courtroom

And then he stood up and then he sat back down

Another two times in a row

And everything got real slow like a gunshot in the movies

And he remembered heroin boy walking through the door

Bouncing off the walls and the floor

Taking off his belt, taking off his pants

Filling up the bathtub, getting ready to go in for a swim

Singing, I don't exist

And now that we got that straight, doesn't mean that I can fly

Doesn't mean that I can go do whatever I want

Now that we got that clear, and you know that I'm not here

Doesn't mean that I can go do whatever I please

And he start remembering and remembering and remembering

And remembering

The heroin boy'd walk through the door

And he was screaming and everybody was, like

What're you screaming as if it's the end of the world?

And he was, like, well it is

And I was sitting in the corner with my pants down

And I was sure someone next door was blowing up balloons

And they was red and orange

And there was this one lady at the bar and she was trying to buy gin

And this other lady at the bar and she was trying to sell gin

And it worked out good for the boths of them

And heroin boy started taking off his belt

Started taking off his pants, started taking off his shoes

Filling up the bathtub, getting ready to go in for a swim

I says, no, you're gonna drown

And he says, no, I can't drown

Simply because

Shhhh

A man destined to hang

Can never drown

A man destined to hang

Can never drown

A man destined to hang

Can never ever drown

A man destined to drown

Can never burn

A man destined to drown

Can never burn

A man destined to drown

Can never ever burn

A man destined to fry

Can never ever ever

A man destined to fry

Can never ever ever

A man destined to fry

Can never ever ever die

In any other way but frying

Lucky that I'm dying

By hanging and not drowning

So now that we got that straight

Can't I just be left alone?

I want to take a fuckin' bath

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