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He'll need some time to get over this
But a moment is all he can spare
His buddies out there in the city lights
And he is trying to care
See him offering himself to the world
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah I'd be happy just to catch him again
We go out, we don't always come back
The night is pressing in on his weary mind
There's a half-eaten moon in the sky
Nothing is calling him back to bed
And no-one is saying goodbye
See him offering himself to the world
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah I'd be happy just to catch him again
We go out because we go back
And back and back
And back and back
See him offering himself to the world
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah he's not happy it's the weekend again
We go out, we don't always come back
See him offering himself to the world
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah and I'd be happy just to catch him again
We go out because we go back
We go back and back.....
See himself offering himself to the world
Staring down
But a moment is all he can spare
His buddies out there in the city lights
And he is trying to care
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah I'd be happy just to catch him again
We go out, we don't always come back
There's a half-eaten moon in the sky
Nothing is calling him back to bed
And no-one is saying goodbye
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah I'd be happy just to catch him again
We go out because we go back
And back and back
And back and back
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah he's not happy it's the weekend again
We go out, we don't always come back
Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor
Yeah and I'd be happy just to catch him again
We go out because we go back
We go back and back.....
Staring down
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You'll see the lead up to this in the other 'Charlie' songs as well.. 'Charlie' was rather hooked on gambling, and yes - he did commit suicide. I saw Tim Freedman in an intimate little bar as he played and explained each song - the Charlie ones seem so much sadder when you know it's all based on Tim's memories of his friend's slow decline.
The only thing that comes to mind is a suicide attempt. o_O
its not about a suicide attempt, its about one of the original band members, Stevie Plunder and the night he killed himself. He through himself off the biggest waterfall in New South Wales one night.
You know, even if someone commits suicide it’s still an attempt (obviously a successful one).