Uploaded January 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Taken from the MGY Album THE ART OF THE HANG (coffindodgersunited CDU) 2013. Musicians: LARSEN B., GEORGE BRADFUTE, RUDOLPH DIETRICH, COLLEEN DURAN, STEVE EBE, KERMIT MEDSKER. Video by Colleen Duran. Opening and closing cemetery video sequences and cuts by Mona von Art Gerecht. Additional video animation by Rudolph Dietrich. Lyrics below:
jaywalking in hell
old rip van winkle never had it better
than looking in to your blue eyes
i'll take the plunge i'll get it down
and leave when the money runs out
old rip woke up and said clearly to me
he don't care he's a man my dear
i hear them now those old friends of mine
but they don't hear me any more
all those dreams and plans you had
how you were good to go
it doesn't matter any more
'cos you were too damn slow
all those mates you had and loved
they don't know where you are
you hear them all above you now
their feet close in to cars
chorus
you can be a star
in the cemetery, baby
and all those ghosts
that buried me
are walking
jaywalking, jaywalking in hell
it's not like you'll remember much
about the day you came
it's more like you'll know each detail
the flowers, then the pain
you sold your soul to the man you know
got bought in to the master plan
he wore you down for a piece of the crown
and you never had a chance
watch it now don't get too near
don't slide on that slippery grey slope
it's all downhill, you'll lose your will
and they won't care about you no more
chorus
you can be a star
in the cemetery baby
and all those ghosts
that buried me
are walking
jaywalking, jaywalking in hell
Taken from the MGY Album THE ART OF THE HANG (coffindodgersunited CDU) 2013. Musicians: LARSEN B., GEORGE BRADFUTE, RUDOLPH DIETRICH, COLLEEN DURAN, STEVE EBE, KERMIT MEDSKER. Video by Colleen Duran. Opening and closing cemetery video sequences and cuts by Mona von Art Gerecht. Additional video animation by Rudolph Dietrich. Lyrics below:
jaywalking in hell
old rip van winkle never had it better
than looking in to your blue eyes
i'll take the plunge i'll get it down
and leave when the money runs out
old rip woke up and said clearly to me
he don't care he's a man my dear
i hear them now those old friends of mine
but they don't hear me any more
all those dreams and plans you had
how you were good to go
it doesn't matter any more
'cos you were too damn slow
all those mates you had and loved
they don't know where you are
you hear them all above you now
their feet close in to cars
chorus
you can be a star
in the cemetery, baby
and all those ghosts
that buried me
are walking
jaywalking, jaywalking in hell
it's not like you'll remember much
about the day you came
it's more like you'll know each detail
the flowers, then the pain
you sold your soul to the man you know
got bought in to the master plan
he wore you down for a piece of the crown
and you never had a chance
watch it now don't get too near
don't slide on that slippery grey slope
it's all downhill, you'll lose your will
and they won't care about you no more
chorus
you can be a star
in the cemetery baby
and all those ghosts
that buried me
are walking
jaywalking, jaywalking in hell
