Billy

[Verse 1] I can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah The sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade And billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind, yeah It moved him secretly, it moved him powerfully But prescience was lacking and the present was all And his aptitudes were carelessly wasted And challenging life with the abandon of a fool He squandered the hours of his day, yeah [Verse 2] Then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah It hit him like a friend, struck something deep within He couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him Just like a fatal tie, toward the other side And billy was a lunatic just barking at the moon And his brain was totally wasted He then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon And he threw his future away, yeah [Verse 3] Bolt the door and throw away the key, yeah Your dim reflection is all that you can see So where is the justice when no one is at fault And a human life is tragically wasted How fragile is the flame that burns within us all To light each passing day, yeah