Dear Louis
It's been a while, how you doin?
Myself, I couldn't go on, couldn't do this
So now I'm gone
There's an ocean in the sky
Up there you swim, and yet you fly
The clouds are fish, now so am I
And I can see you from the sun
I see you read the list of people that I've left
The ones you need to tell in person of my death
I see you race to the East Village to my flat
Would you look at that?
I'm not there
Why'd you ask my neighbor Eva?
She won't tell you anything either
If she's seen me lately it's a secret
So baby brother, just move on
Whose name graced the top of the list?
Dan's an Orthodox Jew I often kissed
Last year I dumped him, haven't called him since
Now I'm gone
I had given you a gift
A crystal dolphin, now you broke it
It was an accident
But now it's gone
Oh no
You broke the news to Dan on the phone
The one rule I gave you, and it's broke
But now it's over and done
I hear you lie and tell Dan he's a suspect
Of course you tell this to a man, and he'll deny it
You meet up with him and show him the list
He says what's this
I see his lips move as he reads off the names
There was a time when those very lips were my every day
He says these aren't folks to be messed with
What's that on his hip?
He's got a gun
Don't worry about it
'Cause I'm gone
Baby brother just move on
