# my deathbed song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124 "2020-03-09T00:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/1 "2020-03-09T00:28:30Z")
I am 57 and hope to be around for another 20 years of more. I think back on the life I have lived so far and I have regrets but the one thing that has been the greatest pleasure in my life has been music. A few beers and some good tunes, fuck I had some good times. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VqSZSEHVqZA/hqdefault.jpg "Sing Me Back Home, Merle Haggard") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqSZSEHVqZA) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/2 "2020-03-09T01:02:39Z")
My recessional is The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In from Hair. It needs some editing, mostly the egotistical Manchester England England crap, but it’s over some Shakespeare that can stay. I can imagine the handful of parishioners walking out singing Let the Sunshine In, a song everybody knows. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a56-TcPQMow) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/3 "2020-03-09T01:09:33Z")
Hell yeah. Sing it Merle! Love me some Merle. I don’t plan on dying by execution, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Declanium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@Declanium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declanium)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/4 "2020-03-09T01:28:45Z")
Mona Lisa’s and Mad Hatters Elton John I’m going to be 54 soon. Looking for another 15-20 ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/5 "2020-03-09T01:32:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > My recessional is The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In from Hair. It needs some editing, mostly the egotistical Manchester England England crap, but it’s over some Shakespeare that can stay. I can imagine the handful of parishioners walking out singing Let the Sunshine In, a song everybody knows. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a56-TcPQMow](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a56-TcPQMow) That’s a good one. That is now my deathbed song. Until some other poster suggests another one. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/6 "2020-03-10T07:43:09Z")
As I lie croaking (any day now) someone is sure to sing: How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/7 "2020-03-10T10:03:04Z")
Something in a foreign language that I don’t understand, please. I’m tired of all the philosophizing, and don’t want it hounding me to the grave. Something soothing, like this, would be nice https://www.youtube.com/embed/G8sTSi2bYdY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLA34046A4B9425E66&start=0 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/8 "2020-03-10T15:51:18Z")
Chopin Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/9 "2020-03-10T15:52:47Z")
“Why Me?” by Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/10 "2020-03-10T16:07:34Z")
“The Claddagh Walk” by Meg Davis. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/11 "2020-03-10T17:41:12Z")
I’m surprised no one has suggested my favorite: [Always Look on the Bright Side of Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M)! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/12 "2020-03-10T20:31:18Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from MPSIMS to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deathbed-song/849124/13 "2020-03-10T21:06:36Z")
[Rocker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmtJd0dWqo) - AC/DC I wanna go with a bang.