Earnest Baker

from Spencer Maybe Live EP by Spencer Maybe

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Inspired by a conversation with Prana Ji out in Arambol
Who told me his Grandfather was a coffin maker
This felt like songwriting gold to me

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Ernest Baker
Cincinnati's longest-serving coffin maker
Buried everyone he'd ever know
His parents his family, uncles, aunts and every other opportunity
Like to work in mahogany and gold
Made you feel in death
Like a King on a Throne
So make the most of it before you're

Kicking the bucket
Biting the dust
Buying a one-way ticket
Becoming food for the bugs
Giving up the ghost
Breathing your last breath
Pushing up the daisies
Checking out for some rest

So for every coffin he built and filled he felt like
The biggest lesson he ever learned in life was
Sometimes life is over way too fast
That's the saddest thing when you bury that
A life that's never ever really been had
A life that's never really had a chance
So you better make the most of it people before you're

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Ernest Baker
Cincinnati's longest-serving coffin maker
Died and was buried a week ago
His casket was made from plastic
Recycled from bottle tops he collected in a basket
On long beach morning strolls
If there's life after death
Earnest now surely knows
But case there isn't make the most of it before you're

Chorus

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from Spencer Maybe Live EP, released December 29, 2020

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