Why is it that each year i live,
more and more people i know die?

a song that is discusseed in the threads
My get up and go has got up and went..
has a line about reading the obits and
if you don't find your name, you shake off your wits
and live for another day or some thing like that!

here is the line:
I get up each morning and dust off my wits,
Open the paper and read the obits
If I'm not there, I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.