When Lady Diana died,
You said you were devastated,
That her death changed your life.
Does that mean
You’ll start wearing your seatbelt now when you drive?
When Amy Winehouse died at twenty-seven,
You said you were shattered,
That her death changed your life.
Does that mean
You’re ready to attend AA?
When Whitney Houston died,
You said you were overcome with grief,
That her death changed your life.
Does that mean
You’ll quit the cocaine now?
When Robin Williams died,
You said it crushed you,
That his death changed your life.
Does that mean
You’re ready to get help now for your depression?
When August Ames died,
You said it distressed you,
That her death changed your life.
Does that mean
You’ll stop bullying other people now?
When all those kids were massacred in school,
You said it traumatized you,
That their deaths changed your life.
Does that mean
You’ll join the anti-gun lobbyists now?
When you say that someone’s,
Anyone’s,
Death
Has changed your life,
It probably hasn’t.