The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)

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	In these days of changing ways,	so called liberated days

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A	story comes to mind of a friend of	mine...

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	Georgie boy was gay I guess,	nothin' more or nothin' less

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The	kindest guy I ever	knew...

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His	mother's tears fell in vain, the	afternoon George tried to explain

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That he	needed love like all the	rest

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Pa	said there must be a mistake, how	can my son not be straight

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After	all I've said and done for	him?

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	Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus,	cast out by the ones he loves

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A	victim of these gay days it	seems

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	Georgie went to New York town,	where he quickly settled down

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And	soon became the toast of the great white	way

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	Accepted by Manhattan's elite, in	all the places that were chic

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No	party was complete without	George

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	Along the boulevards he'd cruise, and	all the old queens blew a fuse

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Every	body loved Georgie	boy

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	The last time I saw George alive,	was in the summer of seventy-five

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He	said he was in love I said I'm	pleased

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	George attended the opening night, of	another Broadway hype

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but	split before the final curtain	fell

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	Deciding to take a short cut home,	arm in arm they meant no wrong

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A	gentle breeze blew down Fifth Ave	nue

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	Out of a darkened side street came, a	New Jersey gang with just one aim

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To	roll some innocent passer-	by

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	There ensued a fearful fight,	screams rang out in the night

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Georgie's	head hit a sidewalk corner	stone

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	A leather kid, a switchblade knife, he	did not intend to take his life

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He	just pushed his luck a little too far that	night

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	The sight of blood dispersed the gang, a	crowd gathered, the police came

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An	ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and	Third

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	Georgie's life ended there,	but I ask who really cares?

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	George once said to me and I	quote

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	He said "Never wait or hesitate,	Get in kid, before it's too late

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	You may never get another	chance

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'	Cos youth's a mask but it don't last,	live it long and live it fast"

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	Georgie was a friend of	mine

Oh Georgie stay, don't go away Georgie please stay you take our breath away

Oh Georgie stay, don't go away Georgie please stay you take our breath away

Oh Georgie stay, don't go away Georgie, Georgie please stay you take our breath away

Oh Georgie stay...