Have you been to Colma Where the dead outnumber the living I guess I live there now I guess I live there now Well, gotta put your roots down And this is where I'm building Where should I hang up my diploma? It's great to be alive in Colma And it ain't half as bad as it might seem It's lonely here at night, but the roads are always clean And somebody tried to move in down the street So I fired blanks into his yard and he was gone the next week Have you been to Colma Where DiMaggio is buried I have picnics by his grave I have picnics by his grave I wonder if he liked fame What he thought of being married To Marilyn and Coca-Cola It's great to be alive in Colma It ain't half as bad as it might seem It's lonely here at night, but the roads are always clean And somebody tried to move in down the street So I fired blanks into his yard and he was gone the next week Have you been to Colma Shy of two thousand people Everybody knows their neighbors Everybody knows their neighbors Wanted something greater But all things being equal No one here can leave me broken It's great to be alive in Colma And it ain't half as bad as it might seem It's lonely here at night, but the roads are always clean And somebody tried to move in down the street So I fired blanks into his yard and he was gone the next week It's great to be alive in Colma It's great to be alive in Colma It's great to be alive It's great to be alive It's great to be alive in Colma It's great to be alive in Colma It's great to be alive It's great to be alive