People Who Died By Jim Carroll Cover

'For Jim Carroll, Who Has Died' x
(AN AMPLIFIED ''CARFE'' DIEM BY THE HEARTBEAT GENERATION)
Part 1: HIGHWAY REPORT For Jack Kerouac
Part 2: PEOPLE WHO 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
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
went to nme.com and couldn't breathe because of the pain
now its another numb nugget of information in my brain
for many years i wanted to be you, meet you and follow you
but a hero ain't nothing but a distorted mirror with the blues
i saw the basketball diaries when i was such a young thing
and in it heard the songs that i wanted to sing
good luck in the nothing though your words will be treasured
your soul's out for the ten count and your scattered ashes pleasured
upon the many beautiful places of this earth
of which the most beautiful eyes can truly know the worth.
an amplified carpie diem is the hymn upon my tongue
one day i too will be a person who died in this song.

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[Cain0296]

I solute you brother !

[k66omega]

...i remember hearing People Who Died on the Dr. Demento Show when it came out, great song...thanks for the read and the tune, bro...

[TheJezzka01]

thankyou for this post. thanks jim, he was a friend of mine and he died........