I've lost a friend and I don't know why
But never again will we get together to die
And why after every last shot was there always another?
Why after all you hadn't got
Did you leave your life to your mother?

And Honey Harlow, the single burlesque queen
How did she know you needed morphine?
Why didn't you listen to the warning words
Of your friends when they told you so
I know you couldn't listen to people talk about
What they didn't know

I've lost a friend and I don't know why
But never again will we get together to die
And why after every last shot was there always another?
And why after all you hadn't got
Did you leave your life to your mother?

Copyright: Spirit Music Group
Writer(s): James Timothy Hardin