REGINA SPEKTOR LYRICS - Daniel Cowman

"Daniel Cowman"



On the day that Daniel Cowman stopped existing

The world should have ended right then and there

At precisely four-fifteen when he stopped existing

The world should have ended

How could it go on?

How could it go on?

How could it go on?



Oh and I don't exist

I don't exist [repeats]



So now that we've got that straight

Doesn't mean that I can fly

Doesn't mean I that I can go do whatever I want.

Now that we've got that clear

And you know that I'm not here

Doesn't mean that I can go do whatever I please.



The premature ejaculation of his death

sentence hit Daniel in the face like a big round spitball hwk-pfffff.

And everything got hazy in the courtroom and then he stood up

And then he sat back down another two times in the row.

And everything got real slow like a gunshot in the movies

And he remembered heroin boy walking in through the door

Bouncing off the walls and the floor

Taking off his belt taking off his pants

Filling up the bathtub

Getting ready to go in for a swim.

Singing I don't exist

I don't exist [repeats]



And now that we've got that straight,

Doesn't mean that I can fly

Doesn't mean that I can go do whatever I want.

Now that we've got that clear

And you know that I'm not here

Doesn't mean that I can go do whatever I please.

And you start remembering and remembering and remembering

And remembering...



The heroin boy, he walked through the door,

And he was screaming

And I was like 'why's you screaming like it's the end of the world?'

And he was like 'well it is.'

And I was sitting in the corner with my pants down

And I was sure that someone next door was blowing up balloons

And it was red and orange.



And there was that swell lady at the bar just trying to buy gin

And there was this other lady at the bar and she was trying to sell gin

It worked out good for the both of them.



And heroin boy started taking off his belt,

Started taking off his pants,

Started taking off his shoes

Started filling up the bathtub

Getting ready to go in for a swim

I says "No-o.

You're going to drown.

He says 'No,

I can't drown.

Simply because...



Shhhhhhh.



A man destined to hang

Can never drown,

A man destined to hang

Can never drown,

A man destined to hang

Can never ever drown.



A man destined to drown

Can never burn,

A man destined to drown

Can never burn,

A man destined to drown

Can never ever burn.



A man destined to fry

Can never ever ever

A man destined to fry

Can never ever ever

A man destined to fry

Can never ever ever die...

In any other way but frying,

Lucky that I'm dying

By hanging and not drowning.



So now that we've got that straight

Can't I just be left alone?

I want to take a fuckin' bath