[Verse 1]
Remember when we got the news
Confirming our worst fears
I said he wouldn’t make it six months
And others gave him a year

[Verse 2]
And sure enough last Saturday
We paid our last respects
He left us here still in this life
And he’s gone on to the next

[Verse 3]
I’d never seen him wear a tie
But he looked so natural, almost lifelike
The preacher spoke, his mother cried
When he said “Son, you may now kiss the bride”

[Verse 4]
Everyone cheered, I thought how odd
I didn’t understand
Why with champagne and cake we celebrate
The death of a single man

[Verse 5]
So many flowers, he was so loved
Prior to the bride
As a matter of fact
The maid of honor should be disqualified
[Verse 6]
To all his friends, it’s a wake-up call
If it happened to him
It can happen to us all
Nothing says it’s over man
Like a bad 80’s cover band
How can we dance to My Sharona
At the death of a single man

[Verse 7]
He was so young
So full of dreams
Before the day he fell
Now he’s gone on to a better place
Or possibly to hell

[Verse 8]
Now here we are, seems so unfair
It’s poker night and there’s one empty chair
So many things we’re gonna miss
His happy smile and that great laugh of his

[Verse 9]
I think of him in the after wife, life
I guess all good things must end
So with Jack and Coke, we’ll make a toast
To the death of a single man