Richard Ramirez died today of natural causes Got in between the broken and? Bunch of people on death row should understand And went to san juan His last murder was south of san francisco Guy named peter pan from the town of san mateo The little girl on the ---lawn was his first And in the laundry room he took a daughter from her first His last days were at the bristol hotel ? a nice night stalker when I went and rang the bell Door man buzzed, said, just like a -- (martyr?) Gave me a key and a black cat led me down the hall Had a flight today from boston to cleveland Got a death in the family gotta do some grieving Lost a relative and -- me up And I need a little love
Richard Ramirez died today of natural causes These things mark time and they cause pause Think about we were kids scared of taps on the window What? s under the bed and what? s under the pillow And the jim jones massacre got in our heads And the tv headlines elvis presley's dead And the ayatollah who too many? committed (?) hostages And ronald regan died of And one day I'm gonna stroll through the old neighborhood Rick stan's my age, still lives with his mom When he? s not in jail from innocent stalking Writing bad checks and cocaine charges Mark denton had such a beautiful smile Always sat on this porch passing the time And drinking a beer and smoking a pack Till one day poor mark had a heart attack My friend ben's got a good job as an electrician Sister of mary, the poor shark jim evans My next door neighbors who I love so They love me too, but they passed long ago And if you walk just a few blocks down stahl There's a house that's the scariest of them all A cute little palm (?) with a sign "for sale" For those sexton kids, life was hell But I know the truth and if you don't believe
Had to fly from cleveland but Got 3 months off til my next show Gonna spend time with my girl Make a record, fix my kitchen
The headlines change so rapidly Camden studio to work on some And I saw the news on james gandolfini While I was eating ramen and drinking green tea The soprano's guy died at 51 That? s the same age as the guy Who? s coming to play drums I don't like this getting older stuff Havin' to pee 50 times a day is bad enough Got a naggin prostate and I got a bad back When I fuck too much I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack Woke up today saw the headlines And airline crashed and 2 people died And I'm at a barbecue And everybody's drunk and feelin' pretty well
At 53 richard ramirez died but in 83 He was very much alive He was the scariest killer in the He had a pentagram in the center of his hand
And everybody remember the paranoia When he stalked us up into southern california And everybody will remember where they were When they finally caught the night stalker And I remember just where I was When richard ramirez died of natural causes