Sixteen years before he died of lung cancer in 2003, Warren Zevon recorded a song that foreshadowed his own death,

The song about a blue-collar worker who chooses to become a factory worker like his dad, “ The Factory ,” appeared on Zevon’s 1987 comeback album Sentimental Hygiene .

In the song, Zevon sings, “Kickin’ asbestos in the factory. Punchin’ out Chryslers in the factory. Breathin’ that plastic in the factory.”

Zevon died in 2003 of advanced malignant mesothelioma , which is often caused by exposure to asbestos. Even stranger, Zevon has never worked in a factory, so he accidentally and tragically predicted the cause of his death.

“I keep asking myself how I suddenly was thrust into the position of travel agent for death,” he reflected during an appearance on Letterman .…