from Drumdrops, released August 1, 1980
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TRY TO DIE
from the album Drumdrops 1980

--(...and finally, instruction on the transitions from verse to chorus.
Let's slow the tempo and feel down a little to the Rock Ballad.
This is one of the drops that uses the short form.
Our instrument is piano. We'll take it from the count.
1-2-1234..)

What do you call this?
--(the 4-bar intro)
Oh. Well, when do I start singing? What's my cue?
--(the drums leading you into the first 8-bar verse)
Oh oK thanks Daddy, here I go:

1
Tell me why I should not try to die
No, don't tell me, I don't wanna know
I hate you; I hate myself too
What will keep me going?
--(a drum pick-up leading you into the 2nd verse)
Huh! wouldn't ya know it?

2
See the sky, it wants me to try to die
I'm a failure; no one really likes me
"It's a drag to be mentally ill
and you tell somebody about it
and all they give you is a laugh"
--(and a big drum lead-in into the first 8-bar chorus)
Yeah, and that's all, that's all

CH
You say you know you have your feel
--(notice the feel changes slightly in the chorus)
What?
--(because of the ride cymbal)
What is the symbol of not going along for the ride?
I'll stay here within my fear
I'll wait for time to find a rhyme
And the answer
--(and the drum lead-in back into the 3rd verse)

3
For the third time I wanna try to die
I'm not happy with life anyway
Look...
Go on, enjoy yourself
I've got nothing else to say

CH
Turn off the tape recorder
Unplug the phone
Put on the lens cover
Leave me alone
Freeze up the air conditioner
Put out the lights
Pull out the extension cord
Shut off the heat

Turn off the tape recorder
Unplug the phone
Put on the lens cover
Leave me alone
Freeze up the air conditioner
Put out the lights
Pull out the extension cord
Close the coffin

--Which 1?

(c)1980 Spunky Monkey Music (ASCAP)

RSM: phonograph stylus on instructional record, voice, fretless Kent bass, electric Rickenbacker guitar, Farfisa organ, echo effects