40 Years - Then Death

Infobox Single
Name = 40 Years - Then Death


Artist = TISM
from Album = Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance
B-side = The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped
Released = September 23, 1987
Format = Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = mm:ss
Label = Elvis Records
Writer = TISM
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Defecate On My Face"
(1986)
This single = "40 Years - Then Death"
(1986)
Next single = "The Ballad Of John Bonham's Coke Roadie"
(1988)
Misc = "40 Years - Then Death" is a 1986 single by Australian alternative rock band TISM.

It was originally released on white vinyl in a clear plastic wrapper with no identifying labels of any kind.

Lyrics

The song deals with the realisation that after living for 40 years, a person's life is essentially over, with work and family commitments taking over where innocent love and other, more enjoyable things once were.

The single earned TISM recognition as their earlier single "Defecate On My Face" was very infrequently played on radio, if at all. Where this single was quite radio friendly.

Track list

ide A

# "40 Years - Then Death"

ide B

# "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped"

ee also

* TISM
* Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance

External links

* [http://www.geniac.net/tism/40years.txt 40 Years - Then Death lyrics]