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The Afterlife (is the life for me)

from The Afterlife is the Life for Me by Jeremy Joyce

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lyrics

[chorus]
Pay the piper twice, keep it on the sly
He can take you on a tour of the other side
There are so many things wondrous to see
The afterlife is the life for me

[verse 1]
I was wandering around purgatory, a lonesome desert plain
There were people paying for their sins and crying out in pain
Until I found a secret cave with cherubs brewing beer
The cries of pain and agony turned to dancing and to cheer
There were devils drinking whiskey, there were angels getting high
I dig the after life

[verse 2]
I hitched a ride to heaven; I snuck passed the pearly gates
Nobody said a thing but they all were acting strange
I saw Mahatma Ghandi shooting dice with Joan of Arc
I went to introduce myself but then the sky turned dark
She drew her sword from her side and said I know you well
You came in with the piper, now you got to go to hell

[verse 3]
I fell down from Heaven and landed in the fiery lake
I said hey Beelzebub, this must be a mistake
He stood up from his throne, took a swig of boiling blood
Laid out a tome, and it opened with a thud
He looked into his list, he said you haven’t even died
He kicked me in my ass and then I landed back alive

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from The Afterlife is the Life for Me, released June 2, 2013

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New Orleans couldn’t offer a more appropriate musical backdrop for Jeremy Joyce, whose genre-defying songs are born out of Jeremy’s macro-level interest in music history and his micro-level interest in what makes songs tick.

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