I had a friend that took a blet, took a blet and hung himself

Hung himself in the doorway of the apartment where he lived

His woman and his little bro came home from the grocery store

Only to find him dangling in the apartment where he lived

I had a friend who shaved his head

Put his Doctor Martins on

And drew such wondrous pictures in the apartment where he lived

He praised my creativity, though he spoke sarcastically

Oh, the conversations in the apartment where he lived

I had a friend that took a blet, took a belt and hung himself

Hung himself in the doorway of the apartment where he lived

Rock, she thought him spiteful; Ler, he thought him pitiful

Me, I've never been back to the apartment where he lived