(In memory of River Pheonix)



Young & strong Hollywood son

in the early morning light

this star fell down

on Sunset Boulevard



young & strong beautiful one

we embraced so close

is gone

was torn away



let the youth of America mourn

include him in their prayers

let his image linger on

repeat it everywhere



with candles, flowers

he was one of ours

one of ours

why don't you let him be?



he's gone

we know

give his mother & his father peace

your vultures candor

your casual slander

you murder his memory

he's gone

we know



it's nothing but a tragedy

lay to rest your soul & body

lay beside your name

lay to reat you rage

your hunder & amazing grace



with candles, with flowers

you were one of ours

one of ours



I saw cameras expose your life

I heard rumors explode with lies

I saw children in tears

cry & crowd around the sight

of where you had collapsed that day

where your last breath and word

had been sighed

where your heart had burst

and where you had died



I saw how they were lost in grieving

all half believing you were gone

the loss & pain of it

crime & the shame of it

you were gone

it was such a nightmare raving,

"how could we save him

from himself?"