extremely quiet child they called you in your school reports He''s always taken interest in the subjects that he''s taught So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive To notify your parents of the manner in which you died At St Patricks every Sunday Father Fletcher heard your sins Oh he''s unconcerned with competition he never cares to win But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son Now you''ll never get to Heaven Mama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking Grow up straight and true blue Run along to bed Hear it hear it ticking ticking They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest Some gook said His brain''s just snapped then someone called the police You''d knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down Oh you''d pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground Promising to hurt no one providing they were still A young man tried to make a
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Elton John
extremely quiet child they called you in your school reports He''s always taken interest in the subjects that he''s taught So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive To notify your parents of the manner in which you died At St Patricks every Sunday Father Fletcher heard your sins Oh he''s unconcerned with competition he never cares to win But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son Now you''ll never get to Heaven Mama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking Grow up straight and true blue Run along to bed Hear it hear it ticking ticking They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest Some gook said His brain''s just snapped then someone called the police You''d knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down Oh you''d pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground Promising to hurt no one providing they were still A young man tried to make a