So Long Bernie

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