He lives his life holding a superstitious breath And his mania is of other people’s or his death If ever he encounters a funeral any day He dives over a wall till it’s passed by his way.
He’ll wander round graveyards and look at the stones And tell you the nature of the owner of the bones For if flowers were growing he’ll tell you for free The bones of a good person lay down underneath. But if weeds there are growing they’d died in disgrace For flowers could never take root in this place
He saw a white moth once fly into his home So straight-away he said that to him death would come And he totally refuses to call at his best friend’s flat For he’s driven me crackers and I've bought a black cat!