Whitelames :: :: The ballad of lester walker

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