The Killing Of Georgie-Lo Mejor De Las Baladas Rockeras/Vol. 4

[ti:The Killing of Georgie] [ar:Ameritz - Tribute] [al:Young Turks (A Tribute to Rod Stewart)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Killing Of Georgie - Lo Mejor De Las Baladas Rockeras/Vol. 4 [00:19.94]In these days of changing ways [00:22.51]So called liberated days [00:24.77]A story comes to mind of a friend of mine [00:28.14] [00:29.72]Georgie boy was gay I guess [00:31.98] [00:32.64]Nothin' more or nothin' less [00:34.60]The kindest guy I ever knew [00:37.52] [00:39.20]His mother's tears fell down in vain [00:41.78]The afternoon George tried to explain [00:44.16] [00:44.80]That he needed love like all the rest [00:47.38] [00:49.29]Pa said there must be a mistake [00:51.85]How can my son not be straight [00:53.69] [00:54.33]After all I've said and done for him [00:57.24] [01:09.04]Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus [01:11.23]Cast out by the ones he loves [01:14.03]A victim of these gay days it seems [01:17.06] [01:28.55]Georgie went to New York town [01:30.63] [01:31.20]Where he quickly settled down [01:33.30]And soon became the toast of the great white way [01:36.34] [01:38.14]Accepted by Manhattan's elite [01:40.58]In all the places that were chic [01:43.20]No party was complete without George [01:46.07] [01:48.12]Along the boulevards he'd cruise [01:50.54]And all the old queens blew a fuse [01:52.95]Everybody loved Georgie boy [01:56.04] [02:07.75]The last time I saw George alive [02:10.12]Was in the summer of seventy-five [02:12.50]He said he was in love I said I'm pleased [02:15.73] [02:17.50]George attended the opening night [02:19.82]Of another Broadway hype [02:22.44]But split before the final curtain fell [02:25.30] [02:27.26]Deciding to take a short cut home [02:29.37] [02:29.93]Arm in arm they meant no wrong [02:32.36]A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue [02:35.35] [02:47.12]Out of a darkened side street came [02:49.25]A New Jersey gang with just one aim [02:51.63]To roll some innocent passer-by [02:54.75] [02:56.73]There ensued a fearful fight [02:59.04]Screams rang out in the night [03:01.59]Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone [03:04.41] [03:06.63]A leather kid a switchblade knife [03:08.83]He did not intend to take his life [03:11.28]He just pushed his luck a little too far that night [03:14.24] [03:16.27]The sight of blood dispersed the gang [03:18.67]A crowd gathered the police came [03:21.09]An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third [03:25.51] [03:36.10]Georgie's life ended there [03:38.05] [03:38.76]But I ask who really cares [03:40.78]George once said to me and I quote [03:43.71] [03:45.61]He said "Never wait or hesitate [03:48.10]Get in kid before it's too late [03:50.61]You may never get another chance [03:53.63] [03:55.49]'Cos youth a mask but it don't last [03:58.11]Live it long and live it fast" [03:59.97] [04:00.57]Georgie was a friend of mine