The First Dead Body I Ever Saw

[00:14.72] Mr. Ramirez was older than time
[00:18.31] Half drunk, half blind
[00:21.55] I used to help him 'round the house sometimes
[00:24.84] Paid me in quarters, nickels, and dimes
[00:28.28] We were neighbors in a past life
[00:31.55] We were closer than I realized
[00:34.49] 911, I dialed the call
[00:37.73] You were the first dead body I ever saw
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[00:47.88] I knocked forever on your front door
[00:51.23] Then used the key under the mat
[00:54.58] My intuition had a premonition
[00:57.95] Calling your name, you didn't call back
[01:01.23] Should've prepared going up the stairs
[01:04.38] For what I'd find behind your door
[01:07.47] You lyin' in bed with your eyes open
[01:10.86] You were the first dead body I ever saw
[01:18.26] Then I collapsed against the wall
[01:24.66] I couldn't breathe, I was just a kid, barely 13
[01:30.65] I saw how it ends, life's fatal flow
[01:34.16] You were the first dead body I ever saw
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[01:44.22] On your porch, I waited and wept
[01:47.69] Unsure of what comes next
[01:50.73] The coroner came, mom called me home
[01:54.15] No one ever laid a tombstone
[01:57.44] It still haunts the house of my mind
[02:00.78] Even after all this time
[02:03.83] You lying in bed with your eyes open
[02:07.22] You were the first dead body I ever saw
[02:14.34] Then I collapsed against the wall
[02:20.80] I couldn't breathe, I was just a kid, barely 13
[02:26.98] I saw how it ends, life's fatal flow
[02:30.27] You were the first dead body I ever saw
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[03:03.42] You were the first dead body I ever saw
[03:10.73] Then I collapsed against the wall
[03:17.02] I couldn't breathe, I was just a kid, barely 13
[03:23.21] I saw how it ends, life's fatal flow
[03:26.69] You were the first dead body I ever saw
[03:34.11] Sha-la-la-la-la-la, la-la
[03:40.43] I couldn't breathe
[03:42.47] I was just a kid, barely 13
[03:46.25] I saw how it ends, life's fatal flow
[03:49.92] You were the first dead body I ever saw
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