The Day I Died

Dragged myself from my bed

Around twenty past six

Get my kids up, make breakfast

One egg, two toast, three Weetabix

And as I sit down, I look up

And you're standin' in the doorway, sun at your back

In my old brown dressin' gown

Well, no one could love you more than I love you now

But I gotta go, runnin' for the bus

Coat flyin' and I'm tryin' not to miss it this time

But the driver's waitin' and that's strange

Kids on the top deck, quiet for a change

And there's no rain and no roadworks in the

Bus lane and all my hurts run away

And I'm smilin' as I'm punchin' in

The day I died was the best day of my life

The day I died was the best day of my life

Tell my friends and my kids and my wife, everythin' will be all right

The day I died was the best day of my life

Secretaries, they got a smile for me

And the in-tray on my desk almost empty

I get a memo from executive Joe

Sayin' Rob-the-Gob is gettin' kicked out

For embezzlin' funds from the company account

And I'd be lyin' if I said I wasn't chuffed

'Cause I always hated Rob

And now they'll probably offer me Rob's old job

And in the park at lunch, there's no winos on my favorite bench

None o' that drunk chatter, none of that pissy stench

And those scrawny little pigeons with the gammy legs

Decide to die from someone else's sandwich instead

And there's somethin' about the city that they like

All the colors conspire to overwhelm the grey

And this close to the fire, I can feel no cold

With a rainbow, halo around my soul

The day I died was the best day of my life

The day I died was the best day of my life

Tell my friends and my kids and my wife, everythin' will be all right

The day I died was the best day of my life

So, I leave work, get to the high street

And I miss my bus, should I wait for another?

No, I can't be arsed, I begin to walk

That rush-hour crowd seemed to part like the Red Sea

And I'm stoppin' at the off-y

Twenty cigarettes and a six-pack to relax me

And as I cross back over the street, oh

I guess I never saw that taxi

The day I died was the best day of my life

The day I died was the best day of my life

Tell my friends and my kids and my wife, everythin' will be all right

The day I died was the best day of my life