"People Who Died" by The Jim Carroll Band



Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old

fell from the roof on east two-nine

Kathy was eleven when she pulled the plug

ON 26 reds and a bottle of wine

Bobby GOT lukemia, 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

they were all my friends

they just 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 2 more friends of mine

Two more friends that died



REFRAIN (SEE ABOVE)



Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room

Bobby hung himself from his 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 (second round)



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

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 Riker's"

but the next day he got off'd

by the very same bikers



REFRAIN



REPEAT THROUGH "EDDIE"