Текст песни Randy Newman - Better off Dead

Musically, this one has a sort of overblown, heavenly quality
to it. But lyrically, it’s another story of a guy getting himself
into a bad relationship that he can’t get out of. He says, "When
you fall in love with someone who doesn’t love you/ Someone who
treats you so badly it ramifies your head/ Someone who doesn’t
want you but won’t let you go/ Someone who thinks you’re crazy
and tells you so, over and over and over/ If this happens to
you, you’re better off dead." It’s exaggerated, but there’s a
kernel of truth there for so many people. You don’t know what
bad is until you feel that. I know what I’m talking about because
I was once a woman who loved too much.

I know some critic is going to think I don’t know what the
word ramify means, or how to use it. made up an alternate verb
form of it here, like a made-up R&B word, like the "puppetudes"
of love. wanted to say how there would be ramifications from
something that happens to your head in this kind of a relationship.
I should’ve said "blamifies" or something to make it really obvious
I was playing with the word, but I just didn’t give a fuck.