Here's a tragic story of a boy with a laid-to-waist\\ It was told to me by a mutual friend\\ And it's true unless he lied to my face\\ Californian legend, your face is a face of a star\\ You're future's so bright and your star sign's so right\\ You're a Gemini born in a car\\ It's you birthday\\ It's the worst day\\ Your parents threw a party, invited you and your friends\\ But someone there was ready to blow off your head\\ What a way for a party to end\\ What a way for a party to end\\ It's your birthday\\ It's the worse day\\ Everyone was there at your funeral\\ I stayed home to watch the TV\\ There was a film with you in that I'd only seen once\\ And I wanetd to remember you that way\\ It's your birthday\\ And the heat of the candles\\ Put the colour in your cheeks\\ And they turned down the screws\\ Andf they turned away the freaks\\ Said a word or two about so many dying so young\\ Then they turned up the heat set the temperature to burn\\ Then they turned up the heat set the temperature to burn\\ Trivia : River Pheonix died on Les's B'day\\