“Lucifer, Lucifer, I can’t feel my fingers, sir” “That’s OK, ETHX, we’re almost there”
Funny games Put him on the fuckin’ phone I don’t care mate, ‘cause he left me
At night I can’t sleep I close my eyes and my thoughts creep into my dreams it seems empty being deep Lost memories, sweet love melodies and to disappear soft and silently into the trees and the breeze And I hold my head tightly in my knees until I squeeze your face from my mind, hoping it might leave But I can’t forget the way I shook your hand the other day And now it’s all over and the boys are acting like they didn’t know ya My oh my, how time flies, now it’s passed by and I didn’t get a chance to ask you why Every 20 seconds I’ve been picking up the telephone, speaking to your mum But I don’t know what to say, just to say that I’m there, because I care
Refrain =
(Now) what you doin’ carrying a gun upon the street, son you ain’t no hoodlum, you was a good one You now have big fun
Now my folks say that I have changed, I’m not the same guy I used to be I haven’t laughed half as much since the day you left me My mind’s playing tricks on me, I see mad flashbacks I kinda act the fact that you gone Oh, and drinking don’t make it feel no better, ‘cause it only drowns the sorrow till tomorrow And I don’t understand why the boys are so shallow You was 17, I was 17, we had mad crazy dreams about the things that we would be but reality seems to be so far away from the days that we played in the creche and getting fresh on the mesh Now, childhood memories remind me and tell me that this wasn’t meant to be
Refrain =
(Now) what you doin’ carrying a gun upon the street, son you ain’t no hoodlum, you was a good one
I see the shadow of your face in your kids eye when I put him to my shoulder for his slumber now is it up to me to tell him when he’s older dad is 6 foot under I wonder, if maybe I can save him from reality, catch it in the rye Bittersweet memories, how things used to be, how I wish I could have been there for you when you needed me. What was you hiding? What was you hiding? Who was you hiding deep inside your mind I guess I’ll never know So one day we’ll meet again, maybe you can tell me then But until then: This is for my friend Refrain