Weird Al Yankovic - I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead Lyrics

making the acordian great again...i always liked "I Lost On Jeopardy"

My song

Zevon parody?

Has a Hardware Store Vibe

Never stop being you, Al. Never mellow out.

I don't care about your karma
I don't care about what's hip
No space cadet's gonna tell me what to do

I won't swim in your jacuzzi
You can't make me settle down
I'd rather kick and jump and bite and scratch
And scream until I'm blue

I may as well be hyper as long as I'm still around
'Cause I'll have lots of time to be laid back
When I'm six feet underground

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

When are you cosmic cowboys
Gonna get it through your heads?

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I can't stand the smell of incense
I don't really like to jog
No Joni Mitchell 8-tracks in my car, ooh

I hate anything organic
Even health food makes me sick
You won't catch me sipping Perrier
Down in some sushi bar, I tell you

Now's the time to go for all the gusto you can grab
You'll have plenty of time to be low-key
When you're laid out on the slab

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

When are you cosmic cowboys
Gonna get it through your heads?

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I don't want no part of that vegetarian scene
I won't buy me a pair of designer jeans
No redwood hot tub to my name
I got all that I want and if it's all the same to you

I don't need a course in self-awareness
To find out who I am
And I'd rather have a, a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack
Than all the bean sprouts in Japan

So don't ask me what I'm into
I don't need to prove I'm cool
I'll break your arm if you ask me what's my sign

I won't tell you where my head's at
I don't need to see no shrink
Psychosis may be in this year
But I'm really not that kind

And I'm in no hurry to be casual
In fact, I think, I'll wait
Until I'm pushing up the daisies
Like wow, man, can you relate?

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead
I'll be mellow when I'm dead

He says something against vegetarian, but he himself became one.

This song is in my top ten. It would be cool to get a modern update for this song.

This is gonna be a song I want to be played at my funeral!

5 people were watching this from a Sushi Bar while sipping Perrier.

Ironically (am I using that right? Probably not) he's all into organic and vegan now.

Yeah that's ironic

"I don't want no part of that vegetarian scene"
*nek minnit*
Weird Al goes vegan.

0:14 (and before the other verses) Nature Trail to Hell

I know this song was released first.

So I take it the 'Retire Early' movement isn't for you.

8 tracks. Lol. Jesus Christ I’m old......😎🤘

Gloriously dated. And I love the bit about Big Macs and Jumbo Jacks since Al has been a vegetarian for awhile.

@supremetaco Okay.

that was totally a misclick! I'm SORRY!!! I did not mean to thumbs-down this video!

I added a thumbs-up with this. We're good.

@BlueMaxxW Okay were good

@L1LS04PB4R 10-4 we are good.

If there's any Weird Al song that could be updated, it's this one.

Great song :)

Probably his best from this album even though it's not well known.

Really think that this was very known i think his later 80s albums have some hidden gems

Gotta boogie!

Roc Raida & Jam Master Simon - I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead (1995)

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