words & music by Ben Hassenger
copyright 1997 bQuiet Music

(This really happened on one of Ben's dates! This version is a live recording of the first time the song was played in public, 1994 at The Small Planet in East Lansing, and was included on the Yikes Records "So This is East Lansing Voll. II".)

I was a beautiful night to make love
The stars were bright in the sky above
I was going to see my lady about nine
Going to show her a real good time

I go up to her I give her a kiss
She said I'm not in the mood for this
The guy next door I haven't seen him for a week
His TV's been stuck on channel 3

I put my arms around her she pull away
She wants me to go investigate
I knock on the door in the window I look
What I see it got me shook

He lay still on the couch in the TV glow
He didn't seem to have no clothes
Run from the window get on the phone
Call the police on 911

Hey mister policeman come here
He don't look too good

I go with the cops into the house
Nothing was moving not even a mouse
Wait and go into the living room
He was dead and his body was black & blue

The policeman said it's not unusual
Rigor mortis will do that you know
Turned away went out to get some air
Run my fingers through my hair

I can't believe, I can't believe
I can't believe this is happening to me
It's just like something on TV
Oh, I can't believe

I tell my lady she closes her eyes
Puts her head in her hands but she don't cry
he said that she didn't know him that well
He always just kept to himself

We did not know if he had family
He always seemed so lonely
A shame to die and no one knows
But that's the way his life it goes

It was a beautiful night to make love
The starts were bright in the sky above
Things didn't go quite as I planned
Ever since I found the dead man

I can't believe, I can't believe
I can't believe this is happening to me
It's just like something on TV
Oh I just can't believe

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