I ran into my neighbor yesterday She's fighting off the cancer the best she can She's living on a hope and prayer Come along this time next year when we greet a friendly September She could be beneath the ground somewhere If you wonder why I fake my smiles I wonder why I should stay alive When there ain't no incentive left to fight And if you wonder why I fake my smiles I'm thinking about my suicide Cuz there ain't no incentive left to fight I got a friend who has got to fight to stay alive She's just a kid and she should be living life but the cells just keep on multiplying If I could go and take her place then I gladly would and goodbye to you I'd wave So she could get back to living life If you wonder why I fake my smiles I wonder why I should stay alive When there ain't no incentive left to fight And if you wonder why I fake my smiles I'm thinking about my suicide Cuz there ain't no incentive left to fight Day by day and year by year the end is drawing near all that we can say is "such is life". You could be a saint to me Or I could be a passing memory the best that we can do is stay alive If you wonder why I fake my smiles I wonder why I should stay alive When there ain't no incentive left to fight And if you wonder why I fake my smiles I'm thinking about my suicide Cuz there ain't no incentive left to fight