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Dead Men Singing

from Line By Line by Benita Johnson

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Inspired by the true story of a Gloucester Coroner who was prosecuted for making money from falsifying people's death certificates.

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Run run just as fast as you can
You're the rabbit with a hell of a plan
No-one's got your back
You'll soon be swinging

Take a last look at the face on the slab
Face twisted in the shape of a laugh
Dead men tell no lies
And now they're singing
Alleluia!

All your words are gonna swallow you whole
Better find someone to pray for your soul
Better hope there's truth
In absolution

All that money cannot help you now
Your favoured friends aren't gonna bail you out
The currency you need
Is turning on you
Singing "Alleluia!"

When the dead rise up to tell the truth
All their fingers pointing right at you
You were charged to be their witness
But it was all a work of fiction
You figured they had nothing left to lose
You filled your pockets and then They had you
Bought and sold
The corpses kept on coming
Without stories told
All victims of benign and unfortunate events
Death by misadventure, by falling off a fence
Line by line you wrote the hymn they're singing now
Line by line, you wrote it
And they're singing "Alleluia!"

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from Line By Line, released July 9, 2015
Written & performed by Benita Johnson
Words & Music Copyright Benita Johnson 2014

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BENITA JOHNSON is an experienced performing and recording singer-songwriter from the UK. Dynamic and soulful, her songs encapsulate what it is to be human; they haunt, cajole, encourage and question the listener with careful lyrics and catchy melodies. Reviewer David Kidman described her music as “top-quality stuff". ... more

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