Live life like you are going to die
Because you are going to...

I hate to be the bearer of bad news
But you are going to die
Maybe not today or even next year
But before you know it you'll be saying:
"Is this all there was?
What was all the fuss?
Why did I bother?"
Maybe you won't suffer, maybe it's quick
But you'll have time to think:
"Why did I waste it?
Why didn't I taste it?"
You'll have time
Because you are going to die

Yes, it's going to happen
Because it happened to a lot of people I know
My mother, my father, my loves
The president, the kings and the pope
They all had hope
And they muttered just before they went
Maybe, I won't let go

Live life like you are going to die
Because you are...

I tell you who else left us
Passed on down to heaven no longer with us
Johnny Cash, JFK, that guy in the Stones
Lou Gehrig, Einstein, and Joey Ramone
Have I convinced you?
Do you read my lips?
This may come as news but it's time
You are going to die
You are going to die

By the time you hear this I may well be dead
And you my friend might be next
'Cause we are all going to die
Yes, you are going to die
You are going to die, I tell you
You are going to die

Photos: Cimitero di Sant' Orsola, Palermo, April 2005
Lyrics: William Shatner "You'll have time", from the CD "HAS BEEN".