Death of a Good Man |
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| A man described as an unemployed carpenter
was shot and killed in a gun battle today that lasted about a quarter of an hour several blocks from the New York Harbor Authorities said he was in a boarding house window when he opened fire down upon them They returned his shots in self-defense now to think he was a World War II veteran A neighbor said he was quite a good man he moved into the house about three years ago He seemed to keep to his own business, she told me but I always thought he was a little strange, you know He was dead upon arrival at the hospital where good men go A friend and his wife watched from a nearby car as the rolled his body through the cleansing rainfall They wrote about him in all the papers even mentioned his name once or twice Now he's the gossip of all the neighbors survived by a brother and his own dear wife Oh and the funeral home was really quite pretty brother made sure enough flowers were sent They sent him into the ground with just enough sorrow Williams Funeral Home in charge of arrangements |
Notes
Written around 1968. Known from a notebook with handwritten lyrics sold at an auction in 2006.
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