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Brother Buzz

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39. The lyrics were anything but stupid, and they totally resonated with the counter-culture
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 04:11 PM
Jan 2021

Pretty heady and poignant shit for a fifteen-year-old kid to lay to paper

Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see


That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

That game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say


Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The sword of time will pierce our skin
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger, watch it grin


Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
"Is it to be or not to be?"
And I replied, "Oh, why ask me?"


Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I...

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

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The cooler question is: Who wrote the lyrics? Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #32
Hard to believe that Altman only got $75K for directing it. red dog 1 Jan 2021 #35
Um, Robert Altman had the foresight to list both his son and the composer's name Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #37
Yeah, Altman's son wrote those stupid lyrics red dog 1 Jan 2021 #38
The lyrics were anything but stupid, and they totally resonated with the counter-culture Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #39
I guess those other lyrics are OK, but I still think the refrain: "Suicide is painless" is dumb red dog 1 Jan 2021 #40
I think we only heard the entire song in the film (and on the radio) Brother Buzz Jan 2021 #42
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