Teddy sniffing glue he was twelve years old Fell from the roof on East Two-nine Cathy was eleven when she pulled the plug On twenty-six reds and a bottle of wine Bobby got leukemia, fourteen years old He looked like sixty-five when he died He was a friend of mine
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
Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof Tony thought that his rage was just some goof But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof Hey, Herbie said, Tony, can you fly? But Tony couldn't fly . . . Tony died
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
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 offed by the very same bikers
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
Teddy sniffing glue he was twelve years old Fell from the roof on East Two-nine Cathy was eleven when she pulled the plug On twenty-six reds and a bottle of wine Bobby got leukemia, fourteen years old He looked like sixty-five when he died He was a friend of mine
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 friends that died I miss 'em - they died
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
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
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