black 47
james connolly
I remember your eyes from the 12th of July  When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky  And you held me so tight, thought you'd never let go  'Til the bullets exploded on the pavement below  And I laid you down next to a burnt out car  Screamed out for help but you were gone too far  Still got that picture of you locked away from the start  Developing inside my fanatic heart  I went around in a daze for a couple of years  With the blood in my veins frozen over with tears  And I did anything that they asked me to do  'Cause all I could see was that picture of you  And the young ones passin' by'd say, "how's about you - real hard man"  Deep down inside I was just a castle of sand  Still had that picture of you locked away from the start  Developing inside my fanatic heart  Then they took me inside, threw me up against a wall  They put electric prods on my chest and my balls  And they told me to sign things that I knew weren't true  And in the end I did what they told me to do  Then they locked me up and threw away the key  And left me there with just your memory  Now I walk through New York like a grey silhouette  Tryin' hard to remember what I'm supposed to forget  That look in your eyes on the 12th of July  When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky  Hey I sleep with other women and I hold them through the night  'Cause all I want to do is just get on with my life  But that picture of you won't let me make a new start  It's frozen inside my fanatic heart.