People Who Died

Admittedly, an odd song to have stuck one's head...but...nevertheless...it's there so I must share! Thanks Jim Carroll!

Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old,
fell from the roof on East two-nine.
Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
on 26 reds and a bottle of wine.
Bobby got Leukemia, 14 years old.
He looked like 65 when he died.
He was a friend of mine.

Refrain:
Those are people who died, died.
Those are people who died, died.
Those are people who died, died.
Those are people who died, died.
They were all my friends, and they died.

G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
so they died of Hepatitis in upper Manhattan.
Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head.
Bobby od'd on Drano on the night that he was wed.
They were two more friends of mine
Two more frinds that died/ I miss 'em--they died.

Refrain

Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room.
Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs.
Judy jumped in front of a subway train.
Eddie got slit in the Jugular Vein.
And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others,
And I salute you brother / This song is for you my brother.

Refrain

Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof.
Tony thought that his rage was just some goof.
But Herbie sure gave Tony some, some bitchen proof!
"Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?"
But Tony couldn't fly...Tony DIED!

Refrain

Brian got busted on a narco rap.
He beat the rap by rattin' on some bikers.
He said, "Hey, I know it's dangerous,
but it sure beats Rikers."
But the next day he got offed...
by the very same bikers.

Refrain