The Day I Died - Just Jack

Drag myself from my bed

Around 20 past 6

Get my kids up make breakfast

1 egg 2 toast 3 weetabix

And as I sit down I look up

And your standing in the doorway sun at your back

In my old brown dressing gown

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

Gotta go running for the bus

Coat flying and I’m trying not to miss it this time

But the drivers waiting 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 smiling as I’m punching 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

Everything will be alright

The day I died was the best day of my life

Secretaries they got a smile for me

And the intray on my desks almost empty

I get a memo from executive Joe

Saying Rob the gob is getting kicked out

For embezzling funds from the company account

And I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t chuffed

Cos I always hated rob

And now they’ll probably offer me robs old job

And in the park at lunch

There’s no whinos on my favorite bench

None of that drunk chatter none of that greasy stench

And the scrawny little pigeons with the gammy legs

Decide to dive bomb someone elses sandwich instead

And there’s something about the city today

Like all the colours 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

Everything will be alright

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

And rush hour crowd seem to part like the red sea

And I’m stopping at the offy

20 cigarettes and a 6 pack to relax me

And as I cross back over the street

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

Everything will be alright

The day I died was the best day of my life