Lyrics

(Try not to cry)
by Dennis Fallon

Well danny and kate were in love in the 90?s
They say that?s an impossible feat
Well, her college was over in two months
The wedding was coming in three
Well, kate was leaving the country to visit her grandma
She smoked three packs a day
Drank red wine by the bottle
Was a 103, living over in England shaking it for all the old boys
She said life is for living, with all of it?s joys

And danny waved goodbye
Wiped the tear from kate?s eye
Said, ?when you get back we?ll get high
Try not to cry.?

Well Montgomery Clifton flew the plains for the airline
For 23 years, he ahd 3 hours sleep
His wife took their kids headed straight for the sisters
Weather was bad and the coffee was cold
Maybe it was god, maybe it was fate but
The plane left JFK, crashed out over the Atlantic
Never found out why, they?d find pieces for weeks

And danny waved goodbye
Threw his fist to the sky
Said god your one hell of a guy
And tried not to cry

F-C-G-C
Well how can we hate something we can?t understand
Working hard for this life, and a little for the man
Well we won?t see the sun, but we?ll see the light
And, oh, don?t ask why

Well Maria deSanchez had the American dream
Good house in the suburbs, husband wife and kid
Little jezebel was the most endearing little girl
She always washed up came home like she should
Well one day little jezebel didn?t come home
And the heat wave was pretty bad in San Diego that summer
They started smelling something real funny,
Found her bent, broken, raped, murdered stuffed in a sewer grate

And maria said goodbye
The newspapers asked why
Maria said, ?I?ll get the guy.?
Try not to cry
They caught Oliver John Wilson for the murder of little Jezebel
He said, ?you may have caught me, but you?ll never find the other seven?
He?s a funny 33 year old with a dirty bud light t0shirt, coke bottle glasses and a perpetual smirk
They sentenced him, they moved him off to maximum securirty prison
Down at the courthouse, miss maria was there
She jumped out from behind a phone booth, choked him to death with her purse strap
Funny thing was, she got 25 years

And oh, we say goodbye
Wipe the tear from our eye
Sing god you?re one hell of a guy
And try not to cry