Shallow Grave

Steve Graham
Words and Music

I’m too good lookin’ to die he said
I’m too good lookin’ to die
I was born with dimples and wavy hair
I’m too good lookin’ to die

I long for the fifties and rock and roll
Chuck Berry, Little Richard they thrilled my soul
I ducked and covered, waited for the bomb
Lived through Nixon, skipped Viet Nam
I’m a child of the sixties I love mankind
I want to be happy, have peace of mind

These were the things he said to me
As I pulled up to the light
He was holdin’ a sign that said hungry and cold
Please help me make it through this night

Chorus

It took some time to find the meaning of life
And I lost my way, and I lost my wife
Now that my time is all but gone
I see where it is that I went wrong
I should’a been a model, a movie star
I’m so good lookin’, I could’da have gone far

These were the things he said to me
As I pulled up to the light
He was holdin’ a sign that said hungry and cold
Please help me make it through this night

Chorus

I’m to good lookin’ to die