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Called away on a sunny day.
Too busy to stay, too urgent to go.
Only 19, only 19.
Never got to say goodbye.
Turned the key and left the world behind.
Only 19, only 19.
The wake is over, the ground is cold.
The pain is getting rather old.
But you won't know any of that
You were called away on a sunny day.
And now you're forever 19.

Requiem for a friend. 21 August, 1981 - 29 December, 2000.

And now some drek:

Pins and needles, turning wheels
turning on the sea.
Winking words from snoring birds
I'm not here usually
The butterflies with neon eyes say
'come hang out with me'
With twisted wire, pantry fires
Got a scorched air policy
Dancing dreamers & smoking lemurs
at the movie opening
Got it wrong, the same old song
A red flag penalty
Sawing frogs on rolling logs
Down at Marquess D'Homily
Stranger now how life turns out
in the Coffee Tear machine.