Richard Ramirez died today of natural causes
Got in between the broken and?
Bunch of people on death row should understand
And went to san juan
His last murder was south of san francisco
Guy named peter pan from the town of san mateo
The little girl on the ---lawn was his first
And in the laundry room he took a daughter from her first
His last days were at the bristol hotel
? a nice night stalker when I went and rang the bell
Door man buzzed, said, just like a -- (martyr?)
Gave me a key and a black cat led me down the hall
Had a flight today from boston to cleveland
Got a death in the family gotta do some grieving
Lost a relative and -- me up
And I need a little love
Richard Ramirez died today of natural causes
These things mark time and they cause pause
Think about we were kids scared of taps on the window
What? s under the bed and what? s under the pillow
And the jim jones massacre got in our heads
And the tv headlines elvis presley's dead
And the ayatollah who too many? committed (?) hostages
And ronald regan died of
And one day I'm gonna stroll
through the old neighborhood
Rick stan's my age, still lives with his mom
When he? s not in jail from innocent stalking
Writing bad checks and cocaine charges
Mark denton had such a beautiful smile
Always sat on this porch passing the time
And drinking a beer and smoking a pack
Till one day poor mark had a heart attack
My friend ben's got a good job as an electrician
Sister of mary, the poor shark jim evans
My next door neighbors who I love so
They love me too, but they passed long ago
And if you walk just a few blocks down stahl
There's a house that's the scariest of them all
A cute little palm (?) with a sign "for sale"
For those sexton kids, life was hell
But I know the truth and if you don't believe
Had to fly from cleveland but
Got 3 months off til my next show
Gonna spend time with my girl
Make a record, fix my kitchen
The headlines change so rapidly
Camden studio to work on some
And I saw the news on james gandolfini
While I was eating ramen and drinking green tea
The soprano's guy died at 51
That? s the same age as the guy
Who? s coming to play drums
I don't like this getting older stuff
Havin' to pee 50 times a day is bad enough
Got a naggin prostate and I got a bad back
When I fuck too much
I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack
Woke up today saw the headlines
And airline crashed and 2 people died
And I'm at a barbecue
And everybody's drunk and feelin' pretty well
At 53 richard ramirez died but in 83
He was very much alive
He was the scariest killer in the
He had a pentagram in the center of his hand
And everybody remember the paranoia
When he stalked us up into southern california
And everybody will remember where they were
When they finally caught the night stalker
And I remember just where I was
When richard ramirez died of natural causes