Dumb Ways to Die

"Dumb Ways to Die is a public service announcement campaign by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Australia to promote rail safety.  With music by Tangerine Kitty "a video was developed by Pat Baron, animated by Julian Frost and produced by Cinnamon Darvall.  It was uploaded to YouTube on 14 November 2012 and made public two days later.  It used black comedy and featured "a variety of cute characters killing themselves in increasingly idiotic ways" culminating in three characters being killed by trains as a result of unsafe behaviour.  It was viewed 2.7 million times within 48 hours and 4.7 million times within 72 hours.""

The tune is catchy and despite the somewhat macabre theme the video will make you laugh.

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Dumb Ways To Die lyrics

TANGERINE KITTY

Set fire to your hair
Poke a stick at a grizzly bear
Eat medicine that’s out of date
Use your private parts as piranha bait

Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die, dumb ways to di-i-i-ie, so many dumb ways to die

Get your toast out with a fork
Do your own electrical work
Teach yourself how to fly
Eat a two week old unrefrigerated pie

Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die, dumb ways to di-i-i-ie, so many dumb ways to die

Invite a psycho-killer inside
Scratch a drug dealer’s brand new ride
Take your helmet off in outer space
Use your clothes dryer as a hiding place

Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die, dumb ways to di-i-i-ie, so many dumb ways to die

Keep a rattlesnake as pet
Sell both your kidneys on the internet
Eat a tube of superglue
“I wonder what’s this red button do?”

Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die, dumb ways to di-i-i-ie, so many dumb ways to die

Dress up like a moose during hunting season
Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason
Stand on the edge of a train station platform
Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing
Run across the tracks between the platforms
They may not rhyme but they’re quite possibly

Dumbest ways to die
Dumbest ways to die
Dumbest ways to di-i-i-ie
So many dumb
So many dumb ways to die

"Be safe around trains. A message from Metro."