SoFlaJets Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 People Who Died by Jim Carroll 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 He looked like 65 when he died He was a friend of mine Those are 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 are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died 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 Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof Tony thought that his rage was just some goof But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof "Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?" But Tony couldn't fly, Tony died Those are 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 next day he got offed by the very same bikers Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died 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 He looked like 65 when he died He was a friend of mine Those are 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 are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died 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 Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardJetsFan Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 wow, ur old age must be freaking you out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 wow, ur old age must be freaking you out you never heard that song DHJF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardJetsFan Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 you never heard that song DHJF? No, lol, its a pretty crazy song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 you never heard that song DHJF? That dude wasn't even born when Basketball Diaries came out. I did like Carroll's version of 'Sweet Jane'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 That dude wasn't even born when Basketball Diaries came out. I did like Carroll's version of 'Sweet Jane'. I just friggin watched a video of it on YouTube Thor...damn good....I saw him at The Ritz had to be around 1982...when he first came out-I tried to get him to sign a copy of Basketball Diaries for me-security was very scary that night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I just friggin watched a video of it on YouTube Thor...damn good....I saw him at The Ritz had to be around 1982...when he first came out-I tried to get him to sign a copy of Basketball Diaries for me-security was very scary that night He has some pretty good stuff. 'People who Died', while lyrically strong, is one of his weaker efforts for me. My favorite 'Sweet Jane' is from Cowboy Junkies however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've had that song in my MySpace profile for months. I had the Catholic Boy album on vinyl, long ago. I remember reading The Basketball Diaries when I was in college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFlaJets Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've had that song in my MySpace profile for months. I had the Catholic Boy album on vinyl, long ago. I remember reading The Basketball Diaries when I was in college. I had that one too-he was wearing a big day glow in the dark Crucifix that night at the Ritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 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 That verse was always my fav. It's quite a rockin' tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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