I've never known a better writer
Or a better guy
His songs wouldn't just touch you
They would punch you in the eye
It doesn't happen a lot
When everybody has the same thought
"he wasn't supposed to die"
So let's clank our beers
And give three cheers for tony sly

I never heard a bad word about him
I never heard a bad melody
His dying isn't tragic
It's a fucking catastrophe
I've lost my parents and so many friends
I chalk it c'est la vie
It's nothing like losing my friend tony

Sometimes on weekends
When our kids hang out together
Kiera tells darla
That her dad's songs are better
And I think she's sad
Cause tomorrow she hopes her dad
Will be coming home
Cause he told her that 3 years ago
On the phone

Tony, you make me see myself
In a way I don't wanna see
Do I have to stop living so recklessly
So I can be the father I know I can be?

All the endless nights we had
The 20 years of laughs
I've looked, but I can't find any photographs
Of us, because it's weird
To take photos with your best friends
Cause you don't think
That you'll never see them again

I'm sorry that I wasn't there
For you when you needed me in the end
I was there to give your eulogy
But not when you needed a friend
And when they lowered your body
Into the ground even the piper began to cry
From coast to coast, let's raise our drinks
And give a toast to tony sly