Eddie

Like a wildfire the news it spread
As I watched and I read
The papers writing and people citing
Genius and singin’ your praise

Eleven I was with my dad in the car
When I heard your guitar
And I reached for radio turned it up loud
It thundered across the airwaves

On my bedroom floor laying gazing for hours
At the album photos while my green stereo
It was spinning the sounds
That entered my life on cue

Yes I dreamed and lived to that soundtrack
And before too long I got a Fender in black
Yes it was a Strat
Mom and Dad I thank you

Your smile beaming joy you’re bringin’
To our lives and my rock ‘n’ roll dreamin’
To us young teens you were gods you were kings
I was witness to miracles on six strings

Thank you for your towering contribution
A one-man, grinning guitar revolution
Things in my young life they were not all great
David Lee, Michael and Alex and you did create
A world I escaped to

Though I knew the news on my driveway it came
The next morning’s front page validating acclaim
For my hero
And like a baby I cried

Then I took the LA Times and cut out
The headline and the pictures and the story about you
And put them away
And I said my goodbye

Your smile beaming joy you’re bringin’
To our lives and my rock ‘n’ roll dreamin’
To us young teens you were gods you were kings
I was witness to miracles on six strings

Your smile beaming joy you’re bringin’
To our lives and my rock ‘n’ roll dreamin’
To us young teens you were gods you were kings
I was witness to miracles on six strings

Eleven I was with my dad in the car
When I heard your guitar
And I reached for radio turned it up loud