Name: Dumb Ways To Die
Duration: P00H03M03S
Description: This song is part of a public safety campaign by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Australia. The idea is to show a bunch of... well, dumb ways to die, and then show that not paying attention to safety around trains and train tracks is also dumb. So, be safe around trains, okay?

Dumb Ways To Die

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This song is part of a public safety campaign by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Australia. The idea is to show a bunch of... well, dumb ways to die, and then show that not paying attention to safety around trains and train tracks is also dumb. So, be safe around trains, okay?

lyrics

Set fire to your hair
Poke a stick at a grizzly bear
Eat medicine that's out of date
Use your private parts as piranha bait

[Chorus:]
Dumb ways to die
So many dumb ways to die
Dumb ways to di-ie-ie
So many dumb ways to die

Get your toast out with a fork
Do your own electrical work
Teach yourself how to fly
Eat a two-week-old un-refrigerated pie

[Chorus]

Invite a psycho-killer inside
Scratch a drug dealer's brand new ride
Take your helmet off in outer space
Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place

[Chorus]

Keep a rattlesnake as a pet
Sell both your kidneys on the Internet
Eat a tube of superglue
I wonder, what's this red button do?

[Chorus]

Dress up like a moose during hunting season
Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason
Stand on the edge of a train station platform
Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing
Run across the tracks between the platforms

They may not rhyme but they're quite possibly
The dumbest ways to die
The dumbest ways to die
The dumbest ways to di-ie-ie-ie
So many dumb
So many dumb ways to die

Be safe around trains... a message from Metro

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from Kid Safe, released November 13, 2015
"Dumb Ways To Die"
Words and Music: John Mescall and Ollie McGill

Dumb Ways to Die is a public service announcement campaign by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to promote rail safety. They are not affiliated with this project.

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