Lil' Jim

little jimmy finished writing her song
to late he knew, for she'd already gone
but it gave him somthing to do
in sleepless nights, lookin out from his 10th storey view

OH WHY DID SHE FLY
WOT REASONS WHY
now jimmy is left here to die

little jimmy looked out on his known patch of earth
no longer felt welcome, in his own planet of birth
she'd stolen his laughter an stole all his worth
only leaving the picture, she kept in her purse

OH IF ONLY HE'D KNOWN
WOT REASONS SHE'D FLOWN
poor jimmy wouldnt have felt so alone

little jimmy knew he wos the better man
paid his bloody dues in Afghanistan
12 months of seperation to another she'd ran
spitefully he wondered, wos it always her plan

OH WHY DID SHE FLY
WOT REASONS WHY
now jimmy is left here to die

little jimmy scratched at an itch where a leg shouldve been
revulsion in memories, of all that he had seen
in a far away land, thoughts of her had kept his soul clean
now he cant figure out wots real or a dream

OH IF ONLY HE'D KNOWN
WOT REASONS SHE'D FLOWN
poor jimmy wouldnt have felt so alone

little jimmy her song he starts singing
but the world carries on, as if it were sleeping
no one hears jimmy's guitar gentley weeping
in silence he drifts, with wrists that are now bleeding

OH WHY DID SHE FLY
WOT REASONS WHY
now jimmy is left here to die


little jimmy's song went completley unheard
she never caught a glimpse, of one single word
in bed in her hand so many miles away
a telegram dated 3 months before saying, i'm sorry but little jimmy is K.I.A