[higgmeister]

Yet we have all heard what a family influence will do to a person. I cannot fault the boy in his case and the last line says it all.

Patches oh what can I do?
I swear I will always love you.
It my not be right, but I'll join you tonight,
Patches I'm coming to you.

[Fiji Hill]

Dickie Lee didn't have the courage to defy his parents or sneak off and see her. And he his decision to commit suicide was based on hearsay. Patches would have been better off if she had had Jerry ("Midnight Mary") or James as a boyfriend.