you were on fire so bearably hot you burned much brighter and then you burned out did you really think you'd go on forever the women all cried when you tied the knot senators and congressmen sent their regards and your wedding shut down a city block i hope that you find love in the afterlife your wife had a son and she gave him your name your friends say that you and he look just the same but he don't have the hunger you had at his age i hope that you find love in the afterlife your son made a record and it made him a star but mostly because people know who you are does he resent you - maybe he's got the right to i hope that you find love in the afterlife