Len?s got a pain in his vein and that mean it looks like rain
And there ain't no sunshine
For a very close friend a mine, for a very close friend a mine
Theres a man way across town if Len is lucky he can run him down
For him to screw him blind
Running numbers on a friend a mine, running numbers on a friend a mine
In a poisen paint chipped room, he plays solitaire with doom
And I pray that he don't go blind
He?s a very close friend a mine he?s a veryclose friend a mine
Lenny's been doin' it for years, hiding from his fears
And you say that he's to blame
And I say that we're all to blame, And I say that we are all to blame
And there just ain't no pain, after racing with your vein
On the devil's freeway He died yesterday
And there ain't no sunshine
For a very close friend a mine, For a very close friend a mine