Maybe if I faked my own suicide I could get away for a while Leave my clothes on the sandy shore And a well written note for you to find Have no fear, shed no tears I'll be starting a new life far from here And maybe, in a couple of years I'll come home for a couple of beers I'd like to read my premature obituary Find out what you really thought of me I'd climb up to the top of the highest tree And I won't come down for three weeks I'd count all the black armbands I spy All the black veils and the ties I'll be at my funeral in a clever disguise Counting all the people that cry Have no fear, shed no tears I'll be starting a new life far from here And maybe, in a couple of years I'll come home for a couple of beers Have no fear, shed no tears I'll be starting a new life far from here And maybe, in a couple of years I'll come home for a couple of beers Have no fear, shed no tears I'll be starting a new life far from here And maybe, in a couple of years I'll come home for a couple of beers I'll come home for a couple of beers I'll come home for a couple of beers