Lowest Of The Low

So Long Bernie

Lowest Of The Low


It's like watching murder through your fingers at the theatre 
It's like finding out Klaus Barbie was your neighbour
only weirder 
And when I saw you on the tube 
With a six-foot cop on either side of you 
That's when I knew 

That's when I knew, that's when I knew 
All the pain that was shacked up inside of you 
Well, so long Bernie you're the friend I never knew 
And never will 

She didn't even know your name 
But you put a six-inch blade inside her all the same 
She couldn't possibly know why 
And when you became Doctor Jekyll you knew you had to hide 

So now I know, yeah, now I know 
All the pain that was in your mind is still inside your soul 
Well so long Bernie you're the friend I'll never know 
I'll never know 

You're the beast inside us all 
The straw that breaks 
The wire that snaps 
You're all the pressure built up in this pitiful machine 

So, now your mind is full of blood 
A simple scream in place of every single thing you've done 
They found her in a field 
And when they found you swinging, well noone shed a tear 
When they found you dangling, well, noone shed a tear 
Ah, when they found you hanging 
Why would they shed a tear? 
Why shed one tear? 

Well now I know, yeah, now I know 
I look at strangers different than I did a year ago 
But you know Bernie it's my closest friends I'd better get to know