Coattails of a Dead Man lyrics

One, two, three

Ooohhh, aaahhh...

Well, he wasn't looking for fanfare or fame

But it all came around just the same

He then met a girl with desire in her eye

He gave her love, she took his name

The times they were good, the times they were bad

Most times it was just in between

The hard pill he swallowed was the times that they had

She put on display for all to be seen

Some find their solace in work or the lord

She was quite content in her dream

When his eyes they burned from the bright lime light

He found comfort in the bottle of old Jimmy Beam

One day from the depths of his deep darkened hole

He reached out for something to feel

She offered back nothing but lack of respect

So he let himself out with two barrels of steel

She cried in the day, she cried in the night

She cried loudest when someone was near

Whether crying for him or she cried for herself

The bigger the camera, the bigger the tear

Most folks agree that she was living a hell

And publicly she showed her pain

And never once was there a thought for herself

And the ever-growing slices of fortune and fame

Now on the coattails of a dead man she'll ride (She'll ride)

On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride

On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride

On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride, she'll ride high

On the coattails of a dead man she'll ride (She'll ride) [x5]

• Artist:Primus
• Album:Antipop (1999)