[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:03.80]The Killing of Georgie - Ameritz - Tribute [00:20.87]In these days of changing ways [00:23.43]So called liberated days [00:25.69]A story comes to mind of a friend of mine [00:30.65]Georgie boy was gay I guess [00:33.57]Nothin' more or nothin' less [00:35.53]The kindest guy I ever knew [00:40.13]His mother's tears fell down in vain [00:42.71]The afternoon George tried to explain [00:45.73]That he needed love like all the rest [00:50.22]Pa said there must be a mistake [00:52.78]How can my son not be straight [00:55.26]After all I've said and done for him [01:09.97]Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus [01:12.16]Cast out by the ones he loves [01:14.96]A victim of these gay days it seems [01:29.48]Georgie went to New York town [01:32.13]Where he quickly settled down [01:34.23]And soon became the toast of the great white way [01:39.07]Accepted by Manhattan's elite [01:41.50]In all the places that were chic [01:44.12]No party was complete without George [01:49.04]Along the boulevards he'd cruise [01:51.47]And all the old queens blew a fuse [01:53.88]Everybody loved Georgie boy [02:08.68]The last time I saw George alive [02:11.05]Was in the summer of seventy-five [02:13.43]He said he was in love I said I'm pleased [02:18.43]George attended the opening night [02:20.75]Of another Broadway hype [02:23.37]But split before the final curtain fell [02:28.19]Deciding to take a short cut home [02:30.86]Arm in arm they meant no wrong [02:33.29]A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue [02:48.05]Out of a darkened side street came [02:50.18]A New Jersey gang with just one aim [02:52.56]To roll some innocent passer-by [02:57.66]There ensued a fearful fight [02:59.97]Screams rang out in the night [03:02.51]Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone [03:07.56]A leather kid  a switchblade knife [03:09.76]He did not intend to take his life [03:12.21]He just pushed his luck a little too far that night [03:17.20]The sight of blood dispersed the gang [03:19.60]A crowd gathered  the police came [03:22.02]An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third [03:37.03]Georgie's life ended there [03:39.69]But I ask who really cares [03:41.71]George once said to me and I quote [03:46.54]He said "Never wait or hesitate [03:49.02]Get in kid  before it's too late [03:51.53]You may never get another chance [03:56.41]'Cos youth a mask but it don't last [03:59.03]Live it long and live it fast" [04:01.49]Georgie was a friend of mine