Everybody Loves You When You're Dead Lyrics - Wild Strawberries

She told me her name was Cymbeline 

I met her at the corner of Church and Queen 

She was selling lies and other painted things 

I hardly even noticed when she touched my ring 

She sold me a camera for a song 

A silver instamatic made in Bonn 

Careful with my heart it's not very strong 

She wrote that on the border when I was gone 

She said that she's going home 

And she won't be long 

Half a mile from Texas 

She looked at me and said 

Everybody wants you when you're dead 

I can drive for hours when I'm wrong 

She said it like a preacher before the throng 

Careful with your life--it's not very long 

We struggle for a moment and then we're gone 

I think I'll take her bishop with my queen 

The glass is nearly empty and she's asleep 

Somewhere in my mind I think I see her weep 

Perhaps I'll check the silver before I leave