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The text appears to be lyrics from a musical that deal with themes of death, dying, and coming to terms with mortality.

The text expresses feelings of fear, sadness, and uncertainty about death but also attempts to find humor and meaning in the inevitable fact of dying.

The text describes someone being held and comforted by a friend as death approaches, as well as different stages and realizations one goes through when facing their mortality.

You Gotta Die Sometime

From 'Falsettos'
William Finn Andrew Rannells

  = 180       
    


Tenor

  
                 
O kay

            
                
Piano

          

            
       


11


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     
when the do ctor star ted us ing phra ses like you'll pass a way what could I

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  

Pno.

  
 

 
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16


T.

      
       
say? I said "doc tor in plain Eng lish tell me why was I cho sen why

 
    
         
          
Pno.

     

  
               
23

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T.

     
        
me of all men?" doc tor here's the good part: at least death means I'll

         
      
        
Pno.

     

        
        
   
30


T.

  
      
ne ver be scared a bout dy ing a gain Let's get on with liv ing

      
    
     
     
Pno.

 
 

      
             


36

T.

         


while we can and not play dumb death's gon na come when he does screw the

      



         
Pno.

    

2
        
      
      
42


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neves I'll be eat ing hors d'oeuvres it's the roll of the dice and no cri me

                   
  
             
Pno.

    

      
       
   


49

T.

  
           
        
you got ta die some time death is not a

   
         
Pno.

   
   

   
                     
56


T.

          


     
friend but I hope in the end he takes me in his arms and lets me hold his

       
  
          
Pno.

      

3
  
                  
61


T.

               
                
face he holds me in his arms and whis pers some thing fun ny

      
    
       
 
Pno.

       

       
           


66

T.

                 
            
he lifts me in his arms and tells me to em brace his a


    
          
Pno.

          

   
         


72

T.

       
            
tack then the scene turns to black life

          
     
    
  
    
Pno.

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 

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79

T.

 
    
sucks peo ple al ways hate a los er and they hate lame ducks screw me and

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   

Pno.

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   

   
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85


T.

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shucks that's it that's the ball game I don't smoke don't do drugs and then


   
     
       
Pno.

        

 
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92

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T.

               
comes the bad news I quit that's the ball game it's the chink in the

         
       
Pno.

       

5
         
        


99

T.

 
          
ar mor the un res olved kar ma the blues can I keep my

  
     
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Pno.

     
 

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105


T.

         


cool des pite the urge to fall a part how should I start I would cry if I

      



       
Pno.

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111


T.

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could but it does no damn good to ex plain I'm a man in my pri me

         
              
  
               
Pno.

    

6

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118

T.

   
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 
you got ta die some time death's a fun ny

     
            
Pno.

       

  
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             
125


T.

    
pal with a weird sort of talent he puts his arms ar ound my

      
 
   
  
Pno.

 

   
                 


129

T.

            


  
neck and walks me to the bed he pins me up a gainst the


   
       
     
Pno.

 

7
  
                   


133

T.

            


      
wall and kis ses me like cra zy the ma ny stu pid things I've


   
      
Pno.

       

       
         
137


T.

            


           
thought a bout with dread now de light then the


       
 
    
      

Pno.

    
  

     
    
         
  
143


T.

 
       
scene turns to white give me the balls to orch es trate a grace ful leave

         



     

Pno.

   
   

8
 
                    
150


T.

         
    
that's my rep rieve to go out with out care my head high in the air it's the

           
          
Pno.

  
  

    
           

156


T.

      
last lit tle moun tain I'll cli mb I'll cli

       
           
                  
                 
Pno.

   

       
     
163



T.

               
mb you got ta die some time you got ta die some

              
     
                  
Pno.

  
         

9
 
               
   


171

T.

         


time you got ta die some time you got ta die some time some time some time

     
     
           

Pno.

      

       
     
177


T.

        


some time some time some time some time

  
        

 
Pno.

       
      

10

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