Cover art for Death By Misadventure by Ted Nugent

Death By Misadventure

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Death By Misadventure Lyrics

Hear him on the radio. See him on the news
See him on the TV. Y'a hear him sing the blues
Welcome to his nightmare He's been through the mill
Death by misadventure. A case of overkill

He stayed awake 'til daylight, didn't believe in health
He never saw the sunrise, didn't believe in wealth
Wrote dramatic music, was a rollin' stone
No one understood him, they just left him alone

Hear him on the radio. see him on the news
See him on the tv, hear him sing the blues
Welcome to his nightmare he's been through the mill
Death by misadventure, a case of overkill

Death by misadventure
Death by misadventure
Death by misadventure
Death by misadventure
Death by misadventure
Death by misadventure
Death by misadventure
Death by misadventure

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Genius Annotation

Ted wrote this song about Brian Jones, one of the founders of The Rolling Stones, who drowned in his pool, probably because of his heavy drug abuse.

The Nuge’s vice is women, but he doesn’t do drugs, and wrote this as an anti-drug song.

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1977
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