| I’ve never known a better writer or a better guy
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| His songs wouldn’t just touch you
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| They would punch you in the eye
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| It doesn’t happen a lot when everybody has the same thought
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| «He wasn’t supposed to die»
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| So let’s CLANK our beers and give three cheers for Tony Sly
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| I never heard a bad word about him
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| I never heard a bad melody
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| His dying isn’t tragic, it’s a fucking catastrophe
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| I’ve lost my parents and so many friends I chalk it, c’est la vie
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| It’s nothing like losing my friend Tony
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| Sometimes on weekends when our kids hang out together
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| Kiera tells Darla that her dad’s songs are better
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| And I think she’s sad, cuz tomorrow she hopes her dad
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| Will be coming home, cuz he told her that 3 years ago on the phone
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| Tony, you make me see myself in a way I don’t wanna see
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| Do I have to stop living so wrecklessly?
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| So I can be the father I know I can be
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| All the endless nights we had, the 20 years of laughs
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| I’ve looked but I can’t find any photographs of us
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| Because it’s weird to take photos with your best friends
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| Cuz you don’t think that you’ll never see them again
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| I’m sorry that I wasn’t there for you
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| When you needed me in the end
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| I was there to give your eulogy
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| But not when you needed a friend
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| When they lowered your body into the ground
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| Even the piper began to cry
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| From coast to coast, let’s raise our drinks and give a toast to Tony Sly |