The Wildhearts - People Who Died lyrics

Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old Fell from the roof off 'a East Two-nine Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug 26 reds and a bottle of wine Bobby got leukaemia, 14 years old He looked like 65 when he died He was a friend of mine Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died Mary took a 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 Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof Tony thought his rage was just some goof But Herbie sure gave Tony some b**hin' proof "Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?" But Tony couldn't fly, Tony died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died 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 very next day he got offed by the very same bikers Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died They were all my friends, and they 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 Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died Those were people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died