George - JUDE

George died in the 5th grade

No one ever knew why

He was out selling lemonade

On the Fourth of July, and he died

Sister Claire said that he was

An angel on Earth

She stood there and she told us

She had clearly rehearsed every verse

Of the lies that tie you down

There are times when a man feels

That it’s him against the world

There are time when a man steals

From the love of his girl

There are days when a beast dies

Long before the gun

And there are days when a crow flies

Straight into the sun, to be done

With the lies that tie you down

I’ve forgotten my first love

I haven’t seen her since when

There’s a bum on the corner

He thinks I’m his best friend, we pretend

He says rapture is any day

That’s when God’s coming down

Althought perhaps he should stay away

They’ll run him right out of town, like a clown

With the lies that tie you down

The lies that tie you down