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Life'll Kill Ya, 2000
Written by Warren Zevon
Et in arcadia ego, as only the inimitable Excitable Boy could write it. Not exactly carpe diem, because in this song, life isn't always that great even when you do have it. "It's the kingdom of the spiders / It's the empire of the ants / You need a permit to walk around downtown / You need a license to dance." It may not be shockingly ironic, considering how often Zevon went to the mortality well (like thinking Biggie Small's lyrics are somehow prescient), but it is sad. "Some get the awful, awful diseases," he sings; two years later he gets the news that he has one. Enjoy every sandwich.
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