{"id":1075,"date":"2011-06-21T07:22:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T06:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2011-06-21T07:29:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T06:29:26","slug":"i-love-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1075","title":{"rendered":"I Love the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my entry for the SpinTunes song writing contest (#3, Round 1)<\/a>. The challenge was to write a happy song about death. Happy songs are hard to write. Happy songs about death inevitably turn out ridiculous or super-scary – at least when I write them. I wrote “I Love the Dead” with Christopher Walken’s character from Plots with a View<\/a> in mind. I also made a little video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object> Jutze – I Love the Dead<\/a><\/p>\n

I love the dead – strictly vocationally<\/strong>
\nI love the dead – I bury them professionally<\/strong>
\nSo far none of them came back to complain<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m just a happy undertaker – I aim to please
\nI’m making sure you’ll get the perfect grave to rest in peace
\nSometimes I feel a little bit misunderstood
\nBecause death is my business – and business is good
\nI love the dead – strictly vocationally<\/strong>
\nI love the dead – I bury them professionally<\/strong><\/p>\n

This funeral home is the place I call home
\nAnd with the graveyard next door I never feel alone
\nI love the dead – strictly vocationally<\/strong>
\nI love the dead – I bury them professionally<\/strong>
\nSo far none of them came back to complain<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t mean to offend – I just really like my job
\nI take care of the bodies before they start to rot
\nI can give you silence – I can give you thunder
\nEither way you’ll end up six feet under
\nI love the dead – strictly vocationally<\/strong>
\nI love the dead – I bury them professionally<\/strong>
\nI love the dead – strictly vocationally<\/strong>
\nI love the dead – I bury them professionally<\/strong>
\nThis is the grave digger’s delight<\/strong><\/p>\n

(words and music by Johannes Schult \/ 2011 Creative Commons by-nc<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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