Live life, live life like you're gonna die   Because you're gonna   I hate to be the bearer of bad news   But you're gonna die      Maybe not today or even next year   But before you know it you'll be saying   "Is this all there was?   What was all the fuss? Why did I bother?"      Now, maybe you won't suffer maybe it's quick   But you'll have time to think   Why did I waste it? Why didn't I taste it?   You'll have time 'cause you're gonna die      Yes it's gonna happen because   It's happened to a lot of people I know   My mother, my father, my loves   The President, the kings and the Pope they all had hope      And they muttered just before they went   Maybe, I won't let go   Live life like you're gonna die   Because you are      Maybe you won't suffer maybe it's quick   But you'll have time to think   Why did I waste it? Why didn't I taste it?   You'll have time 'cause you're gonna die      I tell you who else left us   Passed on down to heaven no longer with us   Johnny Cash, JFK, that guy in the Stones   Lou Gehrig, Einstein, and Joey Ramone      Have I convinced you?   Do you read my lips?   This may come as news but it's time   You're gonna die, you're gonna die      By the time you hear this   I may well be dead   And you my friend might be next   'Cause we're all gonna die      Yeah, oh maybe you won't suffer and maybe it's quick   But you'll have time to think   Why did I waste it? Why didn't I taste it?   You'll have time, you'll have time cause you're gonna die      Yes, you're gonna die   You're gonna die, I tell you   You're gonna die, you're gonna die      'Cause maybe you won't suffer maybe it's quick   But you have time to think   Why did I waste it? Why didn't I taste it?   You'll have time 'cause you're gonna die      Live life, life, life like you're gonna die   Because you're going to   Oh yes I hate to be the beater of bad news   But you're gonna die      Maybe not today or even next year   But before you know it you'll be saying   "Is this all there was? What was all the fuss?   Why did I bother?      Y O U apostrophe R E G O double N A D I E die   You are gonna die   Lung cancer, heart attack, diabetes, drug overdose   Choke on a chicken bone, hit by a lightning bolt   Heart attack, airplane crash   Car wreck, fucked up in your ass