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People Who Died - 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 leukemia, 14 years old He looked like 65 when he died He was a friend of mine

CHORUS: 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 two more friends of mine Two more friends that died

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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 (First time) And I salute you, brother (Second time) This song is for you my brother

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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

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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

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Repeat through "Eddie"