I've never known a better writer or a better guy
His songs wouldn't just touch you, they'd punch you in the eye
It doesn't happen a lot, but everybody says the same that he wasn't supposed to die
So let's clink our beers
And give three cheers
To Tony Sly
verse 2
I never heard a bad word about him
I never heard a bad melody
His dying isn't tragic: it?s a fucking catastrophe
I've lost my parents, and so many friends
I take it "c'est la vie"
It's nothing like losing my friend Tony
verse 3
Sometimes on weekends when our kids'd hang out together
Keira tells Darla that her dad's songs are better
And I think she's sad
cause tomorrow she hopes her dad
is coming home
Cuz he told her that three years ago on the phone
Bridge 1
Tony, you make me see myself
In a way I don't wanna see
Do I have to stop living so recklessly?
So I can be the father, I know I can be
Bridge 2
verse 4
All the endless nights we had
20 years of laughs
I've looked, but I can't find any photographs
Of us because it's weird to take
Photos with your best friends
Cause you don't think
That you never see them again
Verse 5
I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you
When you needed me in the end
I was there to give you eulogy
But not when you needed a friend
And when they lowered your body into the ground even the piper began to cry
From coast to coast
Let's raise our drinks and give a toast
To Tony Sly