- published: 01 Nov 2011
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David Rasche (born August 7, 1944) is an American actor.
Rasche was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was a minister and farmer. Rasche started in theatre, but also has appeared on numerous movies and television series. He became a member of the Chicago Second City, after John Belushi moved on to Saturday Night Live. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the title character in the cult television classic, Sledge Hammer!.
Rasche has a scholarly background (graduate degree from the University of Chicago) and also worked as a teacher and writer before going into show business full-time. After Second City, he starred in the Organic Theater's 1974 production of Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," which established the playwright's characteristic blend of earthy, sometimes brutal dialogue. He later played to critical acclaim in the Broadway production of Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow", and an Off-Broadway revival of Mamet's Edmond. He was Petruchio to Frances Conroy's Kate in a production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew directed by Zoe Caldwell at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut in the mid-1980s.
[Speaking Intro:]
2 out of 5 teenagers in this world think about committing suicide.
Just to let you know at one point in my life ya'll wasn't alone.
But just know it ain't worth it.
Huh oh (Huh oh)
I'm going on the suicide ride
Huh oh (Huh oh)
I'm pressing on the gas, the rain hitting the windshield.
I can't even see the road.
They fall to my head while I ride with my windows down.
I don't even feel the cold.
My cell phones ringing but I don't even answer.
Please leave me alone.
Cause I'm taking this ride with no passenger side so just let me go.
[Chorus:]
Now I'm speeding on this roller coaster wishing you could ride with me.
I ain't coming back, do you wanna die with me?
I don't need to smoke, do you wanna get high with me?
I'm going on the suicide ride.
Speeding on this roller coaster wishing you could ride with me.
I ain't coming back, do you wanna die with me?
I don't need to smoke, do you wanna get high with me?
I'm going on the suicide ride.
Mash on the gas, move fast, I ain't coming back. [x4]
Sometimes I feel like leaving.
God why you put me here? (Why)
To feel this pain I'm feeling.
Why don't you keep me near?
I'm sick of my body. It's killing me slow.
So I don't wanna stay so I rather go.
Say I'm here for a reason and
I'm destined to be a symbol of greatness for others to see.
My mama told me 'll be something that will make her proud.
Man, I wonder how she would feel if I wasn't around.
Sometimes at night I sit and cry and I don't know why.
I dream of caskets, they open and I'm inside.
But this is crazy cause I don't even wanna die.
The dream ends with them singing this so hard to see why.
Now I'm speeding on this roller coaster wishing you could ride with me.
I ain't coming back, do you wanna die with me?
I don't need to smoke, do you wanna get high with me?
I'm going on the suicide ride.
Speeding on this roller coaster wishing you could ride with me.
I ain't coming back, do you wanna die with me?
I don't need to smoke, do you wanna get high with me?
I'm going on the suicide ride.
Mash on the gas, move fast, I ain't coming back. [x8]
Speeding on this roller coaster wishing you could ride with me.
I ain't coming back, do you wanna die with me?
I don't need to smoke, do you wanna get high with me?