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Eddie Mugavero: music

WE DIED IN HIS ARMS

(Written by Eddie Mugavero & Bob Dellaposta-Sung by Tim Boone)
Damn, what a macabre song!!..I remember playing this for Margie Hunt at CBS, and she said.."That's the most depressing song I ever heard!" lol At least I evoked some emotion. I like it, Margie. haha
WE DIED IN HIS ARMS

PUT A NOTICE IN THE PAPER TODAY
TO LET OUR FRIENDS ALL KNOW WE PASSED AWAY
PUT ON MY NEW BLACK SUIT TO SHOW RESPECT FOR ME AND YOU
TRIED TO FIND A FEW KIND WORDS TO SAY

WHAT A CRYING SHAME I CANT BELIEVE WE'RE GONE
LOVE PASSED RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES, THEN PASSED ON
OUR LIFE TOGETHER ENDED WHEN HE HELD YOU TIGHT
WE DIED IN HIS ARMS LAST NIGHT

WE DIED IN HIS ARMS LAST NIGHT
YOU DUG US A GRAVE RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU LIED
OUR LOVE HAS GONE UP YONDER
TO THE SWEET GOODBYE AND BY
WE DIED IN HIS ARMS LAST NIGHT

OUTSIDE OUR BEDROOM DOOR I HUNG A WREATHE
CARVED OUT ON THE HEADBOARD, 'REST IN PEACE'
PUT FLOWERS ON OUR PILLOWS
THEN TURNED OUT ALL THE LIGHTS
WE DIED IN HIS ARMS LAST NIGHT

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