1ST VERSE SITTING ON THE PARK BENCH
THINKING ABOUT FREIND OF MINE
HE WAS ONLY 23 GONE BEFORE
HE HAD HIS TIME IT CAME WITHOUT
A WARNING DIDNT WANT HIS FREINDS
TO SEE HIM CRY HE KNEW THE DAY
WAS DAWNING AND I DIDNT HAVE A
CHANCE TO SAY GOOD BYE
CHROUS IN THIS LIFE I LOVED YOU MOST
OF ALL WHAT FOR ? CAUSE NOW YOURE
GONE AND I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF ? WHAT FOR ?
2ND VERSE DRIVING DOWN THE BOULEVARD THINKING
ABOUT A MAN I KNEW HE WAS LIKE A FATHER
TO ME NOTHING IN THE WORLD THAT HE WOULDN'T
DO TAUGHT ME TO RESPECT MYSELF TAUGHT ME
TO RESPECT MYSELF SAID THAT WERE ALL MADE
OF FLESH AND BLOOD WHY SHOULD HERE TREATED
DIFFRENTLY SHOULDNT MATTER WHO CHOOSE TO LOVE
CHROUS PEOPLE PASS BY AND I WONDER WHO'S NEXT
WHO DETERIME WHO KNOWS BEST IS THERE A
LESSON IM SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THIS CASE
INGNOARANCE IS NOT BLISS
CHROUS HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED YOUR BEST FREIND DIE
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED A GROWN MAN CRY SOME
SAY LIFE ISNT FAIR I SAY THAT PEOPLE JUST
DONT CARE THEYD RATHER TURN THE OTHER WAY
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THIS THING TO GO AWAY
WHY DO WE HAVE TO PRETEND SOME DAY I PRAY
IT WILL END I HOPE ITS IN THIS LIFE
I HOPE ITS IN THIS LIFE TIME .
* Written and Sung by Madonna *