Ari Lando was a crooked man
And he knew that he was in command.
Mr. Lando was sixty-five
And today's the last day he was alive.

Ari Lando worked for the state
Making renovations to the offices
Working from nine to five
on places he won't see
makes it hard to not blend into
the mediocrity

His wife Janet was a lovely gal
but she cheated twice a week
And their marriage wasn't what it used to be
She told herself
this was the last time, Jane.
then she'd meet Ari at three.

Ari Lando was a happy lad
growing up, thankful for all he had
He was penniless for his childhood
but all that money still hasn't done him any good.

He had three kids and they never talked
to him except for Christmas mourn.
One played guitar in a rock 'n' roll band
and it depressed him every day.
Hundreds on college just to have a useless boy
who didn't even listen to
what he had to say

At eight fifteen, Ari walked out the door
leaving the office lights on
The maid will get it was his last thought
Before his right went numb
he thought it was just cold
but then his forehead got way too hot

Ari Lando fell to the floor
and yelled in pain till he couldn't anymore
Mr. Lando coughed till he was blue in the face
and that's when he was called away from this place.

His wife and his kids
wouldn't know till the morning
And the guitar playing one
took it as a warning
that the working world would kill you
in this day and age
and following your dreams
were words of a sage

Ari Lando was buried at last
Everyone made comments as they passed
Mr. Lando made everyone sigh
and that's the only story that he left behind.