The Jim Carroll Band
People Who Died
Catholic Boy (1980)

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teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old
fell from the roof on East Two-nine
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cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
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26 reds and a bottle of wine
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bobby got leukemia, 14 years old
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he looked like 65 when he died, he was a friend of mine

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  those are people who died, died
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  those are people who died, died
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  those are people who died, died
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  those are people who died, died
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  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 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

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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
hey 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 offed, by the very same bikers

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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, looked like 65 when he died, he was a friend of mine

  refrain

g-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
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, I miss him, they died

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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
and Eddie got slit in the jugular vein
eddie, I miss you more than all the others, this song is for you my brother

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