First there was Keith

Every morning he took a pill to wake up

Every evening he took the same pill to go to sleep

He went back to North Carolina

Got a brain tumor and died


Then Steve , whom I accused

of breaking into my apartment

went to Houston

Where he reported a disturbance

and the police came and gunned him down


Tommy , who was Keith's shadow

got sick and died

To this day I think it was aids


Mary , poor Mary ,

took someone home

who tied her to the refrigerator

and slit her throat


Tim was ratted on by a narc

and spent three years in jail

for selling a joint

He subleased my apartment

when I got married

Then he died six months later

from a heart attack

It kinda ran in his family


Now it's time for the

Requiem of Dead Souls

I put on some Black Sabbath

and play it loud