In my Marxist class I had to write a paper on Chapter 1 of Das Kapital and during this week of reading it became apparent that Marx, like most famous dead people, get’s his name thrown around a lot, not necessarily correctly. Ron Sexsmith wrote a fantastic song about this regarding Elvis Presley. It was on the record Grand Opera Lane (his best record if you ask any biased person that looks like me).
Some people just can’t leave a dead man alone
They say “get back dead man get back to your throne”
If they just confessed he was only flesh and bone
Some people some people
Some people just can’t leave a dead man alone
They’ll dig up the dirty laundry right after he’s gone
A man can’t defend himself in the great unknown
Some people some people
Why don’t they stay away just let him rest in peace
He’s living in Las Vegas on an isle in Greece
He’s on the cover of another rag now
He’s the father of somebody’s child
Wasn’t it enough for him to give his own life?
Without all this nonsense running wild?
Some people just can’t leave a dead man alone
They say “get back dead man get back to your throne”
If to heaven I go hope there ain’t no telephone
Some people some people