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Natalie Merchant / Indian Love Bride ©1995

young & strong Hollywood son
in the early morning light
this star fell down
on Sunset Boulevard

young & strong beautiful one
one that 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 with flowers
he was one of ours
one of ours

why don't you let him be?
he's gone
we know
give his mother & father peace
your vulture's candor

your casual slander
will murder his memory
he's gone
we know
and it's nothing but a tragedy

lay to rest your soul and body
lay beside your name
lay to rest your rage
your hunger and 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 with tears
cry and crowd around the sight
of where you had collapsed that day
where your last breath & word
had been sighed
where your heart had burst
where you had died

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