What If I Said You Were Dead?

What if I said that you were dead
What if I didn't cry a knot
What if I said that you were dead
I was relieved at the thought

I thought that sunshine wouldn't come out
I thought the music had left my mouth
And the thought of you in the ground
Or maybe your ashes all over town
Your parents - they are relieved, too
A word that rhymes with thick, now I'm soothed

I dreamed of sunshine - then it came out
There's so much sunshine in my mouth
But it took you to die off to me
You to lay off your hands to me
It took you to die off to me
For the sunshine to come out
For the sun to burst out of my mouth

For there to be music
Oh there was sweet music
All that's left is music
Oh there is sweet music

I thought that sunshine wouldn't come out
I thought the music had left my mouth
What if I said that you were dead
Simply because I said so
Like a bud picked in the spring
In the fall I let it go

Oh there was music
Oh there was sweet music
All that's left is music
Oh there is sweet music