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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These are the lyrics to Brendan’s Death Song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.\u00a0 Someone posted the song to Facebook and it seemed to resonate as I feel surrounded by death recently, two long time customers (both had been with us close to a decade), both nice people, and my Mother passed a couple of years ago and my Father still alive at 88 doesn’t want to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If I die before I get it done,<\/span>
\n will you decide.<\/span>
\n I’ll take my words and turn them into sounds,<\/span>
\n it will survive.<\/span>
\n Because a long time ago,<\/span>
\n I knew not to deprive.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s safe out there and now you’re everywhere,<\/span>
\n just like the sky.<\/span>
\n And you are love,<\/span>
\n you are the love supreme,<\/span>
\n you are the rye.<\/span>
\n And when you hear this,<\/span>
\n You know its your jam,<\/span>
\n It’s your goodbye.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n you know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n And when the drummer drums,<\/span>
\n its gonna play my song,<\/span>
\n to carry me along.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n You know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n And when the boatman comes to ferry me away,<\/span>
\n to where we all belong.<\/span><\/p>\n

We your cost,<\/span>
\n when we were feeling lost,<\/span>
\n it’s just the time.<\/span>
\n Kateri cried,<\/span>
\n the day her lover died,<\/span>
\n she recognized.<\/span>
\n Because ya gave her,<\/span>
\n a life of real love,<\/span>
\n it’s no surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

The night’s are long,<\/span>
\n but the years are short,<\/span>
\n when you’re alive.<\/span>
\n Way back when,<\/span>
\n will never be again,<\/span>
\n it was a time.<\/span>
\n It’s gonna catch you,<\/span>
\n so glad I met you,<\/span>
\n to walk a line.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Chorus)<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n you know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n And when the drummer drums,<\/span>
\n he’s gonna play my song,<\/span>
\n to carry me along.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n You know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n And when the boatman comes to ferry me away,<\/span>
\n to where we all belong.<\/span><\/p>\n

Come get me<\/span>
\n Hey!<\/span><\/p>\n

Hey!<\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah!<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n you know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n And when the drummer drums,<\/span>
\n its gonna play my song,<\/span>
\n to carry me along.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n You know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n And when the boatman comes to ferry me away,<\/span>
\n to where we all belong.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let me live, so when it’s time to die,<\/span>
\n Even the Reaper cries.<\/span>
\n Let me die, so when it’s time to live,<\/span>
\n Another sun will rise.<\/span><\/p>\n

I said yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!<\/span>
\n I said yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n you know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n (I said yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)<\/span>
\n And when the drummer drums,<\/span>
\n its gonna play my song,<\/span>
\n to carry me along.<\/span>
\n (I said yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)<\/span>
\n Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n You know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n (I said yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)<\/span>
\n And when the boatman comes to ferry me away,<\/span>
\n to where we all belong.<\/span>
\n (I said yeah!<\/span>
\n Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n you know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n you know I’m almost gone.<\/span>
\n Like I said you know I’m almost dead,<\/span>
\n you know I’m almost gone.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These are the lyrics to Brendan’s Death Song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.\u00a0 Someone posted the song to Facebook and it seemed to resonate as I feel surrounded by death recently, two long time customers (both had been … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpautop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eskimo.com\/~nanook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}