The Ballad OF Lester Walker-The Whitlams

[ti:The Ballad OF Lester Walker] [ar:The Whitlams] [al:Introducing] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ballad OF Lester Walker - The Whitlams [00:16.79]Lester walker wasn't a great talker [00:19.69] [00:20.46]He went to parties but always stood along [00:23.78]People amused him he was always looking on [00:27.29]But now our lester walker's gone [00:30.72]Bus rides highways [00:32.54]Looking for a new place [00:34.70]Found a new space [00:36.20]And called it home [00:37.81]Seen on beaches making castles in the sand [00:41.48]Being alone was all he'd ever known [00:44.39]Well he's gone [00:45.33]Our lester's gone from our home [00:50.11]That's what his mother cries [00:52.31]He doesn't even phone [00:54.91]To tell her how he is [00:57.23] [00:59.32]His room's [01:00.46]The same [01:00.97] [01:01.49]S when he was just [01:03.32] [01:03.92]A little boy [01:05.30] [01:06.57]I know that he'll return some day [01:09.86] [01:11.40]Yeah she knows he will [01:12.88]Three months later in the park he meets a boy named sid [01:16.06]They talk of all the things they'd do [01:18.10]And all the things they did [01:19.69]Everyday they'd sit and meet [01:21.39]And talk and watch and laugh [01:23.06]So close a bond yet so innocent [01:25.73]A love was formed [01:26.90] [01:40.63]Well the two of them climb up a hill [01:42.73]And in a warm embrace [01:44.28]They watch the sun slowly set behind a mountain range [01:47.61] [01:48.14]All they needed was there and then nothing needed to [01:50.26]Be said [01:51.36]'Cause nothing can disturb the unconcerned [01:53.92] [01:54.85]But then [01:55.68] [01:56.44]In the morning paper [01:58.07]Lester reads that sid is dead [02:00.53] [02:01.50]Got stabbed in the park late last night [02:05.44] [02:08.03]Lester cries out in pain runs to the window [02:12.08]And releases himself [02:13.86] [02:16.01]Now side by side they lie [02:19.06] [02:19.60]In the mortuary [02:21.69] [02:22.81]Well he's gone our lester's gone from our home [02:25.93]And down [02:27.31] [02:28.46]That's what his mother cried [02:30.68]The phone smashed on the floor [02:33.37]She knows where her son now lies [02:36.02] [02:37.52]And his room's the same [02:39.24] [02:39.79]As when he was just [02:41.36] [02:42.23]A little boy [02:43.48] [02:45.16]Never to return to his mother's [02:48.57]Loving arms [02:49.70]Oh yes he's gong [02:51.24]Our lester's gone from our home [02:54.72] [02:55.68]Yeah she cries and cries [02:57.55] [02:58.06]No he don't phone no more [03:00.74]She knows where he [03:02.43]Now lies [03:03.76] [03:05.15]His room's the same [03:06.46] [03:07.00]Aw when he was just a little little boy [03:11.76] [03:12.53]Never to return to his mother's loving arms