The Ballad Of Lester Walker Lyrics

The Ballad Of Lester Walker lyrics

He went to parties but always stood alone People amused him, he was always
looking on But now our Lester Walker's gone Bus rides, highways, looking for a
new place Found a new space and called it home Seen on beaches making castles
in the sand Being alone was all he'd ever known Well he's gone Our Lester's
gone from our home that's what his mother cries He doesn't even phone to tell
her how he is His room's the same as when he was just a little boy I know that
he'll return some day, yeah she knows he will Three months later in the park he
meets a boy names Sid They talk of all the things they'd do and all the things
they did Every day they'd sit and meet and talk and watch and laugh So close a
bond yet so innocent, a love was formed The two of them climbed up a hill and
in a warm embrace They watch the sun slowly set behind a mountain range All
they needed was there and then nothing needed to be said 'Cause nothing can
disturb the unconcerned But then In the morning paper Lester reads the Sid is
dead Got stabbed in the park late last night Lester cries out in pain, runs to
the window and releases himself Now side by side they lie in the mortuary Well
he's gone Our Lester's gone from our home That's what his mother cries The
phone smashed on the floor, she knows where her son now lies His room's the
same as when he was just a little boy Never to return to his mother's loving
arms Oh yes he's gone Our Lester's gone from our home She cries and cries No he
don't phone no more, she knows where he now lies His room's the same as when he
was just a little boy Never to return to his mother's loving arms