BODDY   (In memory of Jan Boddaert °8/12/'59 +28/3/'87)

         WE ARE LOST IN THOUGHT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY

         UNBELIEF AND HELPLESSNESS CAME INTO OUR LIFE TODAY

         A SAD VOICE TOLD US BY THE PHONE

         A DEAR FRIEND HAS PASSED AWAY

 

         HE EVER LED A LOOSE LIFE, HE COULDN'T FACE THE TRUTH

         HE OFTEN HAD A GOOD TIME, WHILE WE NEVER UNDERSTOOD

         HE ALWAYS LIVED IN WILDEST DREAMS

         AND HE TRIED TO MAKE IT GOOD

 

         I WRITE THIS DREARY SONG WITH TEARS IN MY EYES

         BECAUSE ALL THOSE WHO KNEW HIM, THEY HAVE TO REALIZE

         THAT HOWEVER HE LIVED OR WHATEVER THEY TOLD

         HE HAD A HEART OF GOLD

 

         WE'LL ALWAYS CALL YOU BODDY, YOU'LL LIVE ON IN OUR MIND

         REMEMBERING YOUR TALENT, THE SONGS YOU LEFT BEHIND

         YOU WROTE AND SANG 'THE STORY OF MY LIFE'

         LIKE A MEMORY YOU SIGNED

 

  Refr:  BODDY, DEAR BUDDY, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO KNOW YOU

         LIVE ON IN YOUR MUSIC, LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS

         STILL SO MUCH TO TELL YOU, STILL SO MUCH TO SHOW YOU

         WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHO'S DEALING THESE CARDS

         WE HOPE YOU LIVED HAPPY TO BE ONLY TWENTY-SEVEN

         LIKE YOU MADE US HAPPY WITH YOUR GUITAR SOUND

         ONE DAY WE'LL SING OUR SONGS IN HEAVEN

         WE PRAY FOR THE REST YOU FINALLY FOUND

 

         I THINK ABOUT THE FUN, THE LAUGHTER ALL DAYS LONG

         WE'LL NEVER SING AND PLAY AGAIN A LOVED OR SELF-MADE SONG

         JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DID BEFORE

         IN TIMES WE STILL WENT STRONG...  LIKE...

         'WHERE ARE THE GIRLS IN THEIR SUMMERCLOTHES...'