# Do these lyrics sound familiar: "ashes to ashes/dust to dust/you ain't partied til...

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**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-lyrics-sound-familiar-ashes-to-ashes-dust-to-dust-you-aint-partied-til/497910/1 "2009-05-28T06:13:59Z")

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I swear this was a song that a girl in my 8th grade class ca. 1980 used to sing constantly and the annoying thing about it was that it got really addictive. I’ve tried looking it up online but I must have a case of lyricosis. It had a sort of funk beat (though I only heard it a capella from a bright but demented 13 year old old) and the chorus went-

_Ashes to ashes  
and dust to dust  
you ain’t partied til  
you partied with us…_

and I think later there was

_Ashes to ashes  
and dust to dust  
your mama ain’t partied til  
she’s partied with us…_

There’s some profanity as well. The ‘F’ bomb, and this about 1979/80 when I’m not sure who would have been using that.

Anyway, does it sound familiar to anyone? Many songs have ashes to ashes/dust to dust in the lyrics but I can’t find the “partied” lyrics.