VERSE 1:

Back at school he never worked too hard

The prettiest girls and the fastest cars

He was the hero of our schoolyard

Almost everyday

If we ever felt misunderstood

We'd try on some of his attitude

We always knew from our neighborhood

He would slip away

I remember all those long lost days

When we would hear him say



CHORUS:

Life is good and then you die

Don't ask questions, baby, don't ask why

I won't trade places with no other guy

Because life is good



VERSE 2:

Then came the day when he left town

Everybody was gathered round

He told us "I ain't slowing down

Until the highway ends"

So into the highway he did ride

With his arms in the air and a mighty cry

"Don't forget that James Dean died

For all of our sins"

I remembered as he rode away

We could hear him say



CHORUS:

Life is good and then you die

Don't ask questions, baby, don't ask why

I won't trade places with no other guy

Because life is good



BRIDGE:

When we heard the news

We just couldn't believe it

Somewhere on a lonely highway

Late one night our dreams all slipped away



VERSE 3:

Years have passed but every now and then

We all wind up together again

And in the honor of our fallen friend

We just have to say



CHORUS:

Life is good and then you die

Don't ask questions, baby, don't ask why

I won't trade places with no other guy

Because life is good

(repeat)



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Life is good... I said life is good (repeat 'til end