words and music by dar williams

ron and nancy got the house but sid and nancy rule
i died 8 years ago i´m still a legend at my high school
i stole a chevy and i wrapped it round a tree
but that´s ok cause no one´s gonna make the next century
i´m up in heaven now they say i´m here to stay
where the clouds are really puffy and the angels sing every day
alleluia alleluia alleluia, wo-oh...

the cafeteria´s got everything it´s gonna drive me mad
cause it looks just like a big hawaiian party that my mother had
it´s like the worst elvis film i´ve ever seen
technicolor luau all on technicolor green
there´s camping trips and donkey rides and singing round the fire
and they signed me up for surfing
but they can´t get me in the choir
alleluia alleluia alleluia, wo-oh...

but there she was this morning getting fitted for her wings
leather boots magenta hair and saying nasty things
i´d say she was an angel but it´s stupid and it´s obvious
i said you´ll hate it here cause we´re the only ones like us
it´s crypto-fascist mania it´s silicon deliria
yeah, she said, you´re right, but i like the cafeteria
............

hey god we´re the bad kids we´re so nasty mean and vile
god looks like a guidance counselor god´s got that smile
god says, how could this be, that´s really odd
i guess i´ll have to check my records, silly me, you know, i´m only
god...
...............

the waves are perfect and the sun will always shine
but there´s got to be more to death than surfing all the time
i know the signs of self-destruction so i try to stop each new kid
don´t be like me, forever young, forever stupid
yeah, i found love here but i´ll bet you´ll find it there
where they don´t always make the same joke
gee you make a heavenly pair
alleluia alleluia alleluia alleluia
alleluia alleluia alleluia alleluia
alleluia alleluia alleluia
alleluia