Intro: verse 1 I’ve never known a better writer or a better guy His songs wouldn’t just touch you they’d punch you in the eye It doesn’t happen a lot but everybody says the same that he wasn’t supposed to die So let’s clink our beers And give three cheers To Tony Sly   verse 2 I never heard a bad word about him I never heard a bad melody His dying isn’t tragic: it?s a fucking catastrophe  I’ve lost my parents and so many friends I take it "c’est la vie"  It’s nothing like losing my friend Tony   verse 3 Sometimes on weekends when our kids’d hang out together Keira tells Darla that her dad’s songs are better And I think she’s sad     cause tomorrow she hopes her dad  is coming home   Cuz he told her that three years ago on the phone   Bridge 1 Tony you make me see myself In a way I don’t wanna see Do I have to stop living so recklessly? So I can be the father I know I can be   Bridge 2 (x2) verse 4 All the endless nights we had 20 years of laughs I’ve looked but I can’t find any photographs Of us because it’s weird to take   Photos with your best friends   Cause you don’t think  That you never see them again   Verse 5 I’m sorry that I wasn’t there for you When you needed me in the end I was there to give you eulogy But not when you needed a friend   And when they lowered your body into the ground even the piper began to cry From coast to coast Let’s raise our drinks and give a toast To Tony Sly