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So many things race through my head

of the perils, the dreams

of the life you led

I've so many memories of you, my friend:

you're in my thoughts with every tear I cry

Only the good die young is the truth

the sorrow of those that loved you

is the proof

How could you ever leave so soon?

I keep asking why

I think of the good times we shared:

the laughing, the joking without a care

I never knew the burdens you beared

I never had the chance to say goodbye

I really wish that I knew your pain

I'd done anything to take it away

There were so many things

that I wanted to say

There's so many questions;

I keep asking why

[chorus]

So many fallen, so many lost

Grips my heart like a September frost

How many more brothers must we render

come the turning of a Black September?

You're in my heart, day and night

You were a shooting star shining bright

I never thought you'd fade away

but all good things must come to an end

I have to close the book on this tragedy

I feel like I've lost a part of me

Memories of you is all I've got left

I know one day we'll meet again

I know you're off to a better place

soaring like an eagle

with freedom and grace

The wind to your back, the world is yours:

you are finally free

You are always a part of the family

I need your spirit to look over me

As the wheels of time keep on turning

Nothing will fade the memories

of you, my friend

[repeat chorus]