A Song For Hilmer

I just got the phonecall that you suddenly died yesterday

Now I´m sitting´ here shocked in my dressingroom in L.A..

I still can´t believe you´re dead – so many things remain Unsaid

Sometimes what you give ain´t what you get.

So now you sailed away to a different shore

It feels so strange to know that we´ll never talk at all No more

I don´t know if there is a life after death or if this is The end

But we all get there sooner or later and maybe then I´ll Understand

But right now here I sit on the other side of the ocean.

I´m on the road like most times of my life.

I´m gonna make it home to your funeral but I still can´t Believe it´s true

But you´re gone forever and, man, this sure cuts like a Knife

So in a few hours I have to go up there on that stage

And pretend to be alright like someone had turned the page

But in my mind I´ll think of you, your wife and your Little daughter, too

Well, I wish I would have told you that you were one of Chosen few

I´m thinkin´ back to when we both were young

So many dreams – so many songs unsung

We founded this little band – and we tried real hard to Make it grand

But youth did fade like words written in the sand

So farewell, my friend, and may you rest in peace

I´ll put on my smilin´ mask so my pain nobody sees

You used to say “the show must go on” so I´ll crank that Amp up tonight

And when it´s over and they´ll finally dim the light

It all will fade to grey

`Cause I just got the phonecall that you suddenly died Yesterday