Eddie’s Song

words & music by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. At the Chinese Greasy Spoon just off the Judah line,

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I got your fortune, Eddie; you got mine.

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It was you who met the dark-eyed stranger, as fortune took its course

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And I received a gift of wisdom from an unexpected source.

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Chorus 1:Eddie I miss your carefree air, I miss your careful song

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Eddie I miss the realness we shared, Eddie you were right, and the world is wrong.

2. You would talk about your Michael; I’d speak of my Michelle.

We each had loved not wisely, but oh so well

But Michael’s life was teaching; he just couldn’t take the chance;

And Michelle, a brave and lovely dancer, lived in her own cryptic dance

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Chorus 2: You said: love doesn’t always know the rules.

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You said: most people are scared of their own stuff.

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They sanctify their fears; they bury their jewels,

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But Jesus Christ, why won’t they let us love?

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3. Eddie, at your funeral, I saw Michael with Michelle.

We stood and blankly wondered how you fell.

Then Michael said, I’ve got to move on - I guess I have no choice

But first we listened to an old recording of your voice…

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4. That night at the Owl & Monkey, Michelle broke me the news:

She said “I’ll always love you, but we have to choose.”

She told me: “We both need something the other cannot give;

We need a love that’s strong but safe, a love that helps us live.”

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