Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Phil, artist - Tom Paxton. Album song Best Of The Vanguard Years, in the genre Date of issue: 31.12.2005
Record label: Vanguard
Song language: English
Phil |
| I opened the paper, there was your picture |
| Gone, gone, gone by your own hand |
| I couldn’t believe it, the paper was shakin' |
| Gone, gone, gone by your own hand |
| I know i’m gonna spend the rest of my lifetime wondering why |
| You found yourself so badly hurt you had to die |
| I opened the paper, there was your picture |
| Gone, gone, gone by your own hand |
| The phone started ringing, had i heard about it? |
| I shook every time i heard it ring |
| What was my reaction? |
| i put the phone down |
| That was the only news that was fit to sing |
| They ask about dylan, about macdougal street and third |
| Question piled on question and each question more absurd |
| I opened the paper, there was your picture |
| Gone, gone, gone by your own hand |
| Oh, i remember «there but for fortune», |
| There but for fortune you and i would go Fortune turned its back on you, |
| Or so it must have seemed to you, |
| Christ alone knows what was the final blow |
| The last time i saw you, the last time i saw you, |
| Bleeker street outside the other end |
| I told you i’d see you, i got distracted |
| I never saw your face again |
| I heard that you were feeling stronger every day |
| I heard that you were well with good things on their way |
| Then i opened the paper, there was your picture |
| Gone, gone, gone by your own hand. |
| (repeat from **) |