[18] International versions adapted the song into other languages. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Charts, and #3 in Canada. Popular Song Lyrics. [4], Tanega worked for a short time at a mental hospital, where she sang and played songs for patients. Norma Tanega tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including youre dead Some, like the outtake "Go My Love", appeared only on collections released years after their recording. [37] Her one chart hit, "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog", has continued the rounds in other musicians' repertoires: Dr. Hook included it in a 1996 three-disc collection;[38] Yo La Tengo performed it in 2010;[39] and They Might Be Giants recorded it in 2013 for release on their 2015 children's album Why?.[40]. Norma Tanega was born in Vallejo, California, near San Francisco, and moved to Long Beach at the age of two. [21], In 1966 Tanega traveled to England to promote her music. [2] At age 17 she entered Scripps College on a scholarship and continued her studies at Claremont Graduate School, earning an MFA in 1962. She entered Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1952 and in her senior year directed the school's art gallery.
Don't sing if you want to live long they have no use for your song you're dead, you're dead, you're dead you're dead and outta this world.
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Cult '60s folk singer-songwriter Norma Tanega has died, The New York Times reports. [26] Dusty Springfield biographer Annie J. Randall said of the record, "I hear many references to Norma's relationship with Dusty on this album. Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi - Say That Again?! [Intro] G F x4 [Verse] Bb C D Don't sing if you want to live long Bb C D They have no use for your song D G D D G D You're dead, you're dead, you're dead D G Bb F G You're dead and outta thi