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Freddie's Dead Lyrics
Hey, hey
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ah, ha
Freddie’s dead
That's what I said
Let the rap a plan
Said he'd see him home
But his hope was a rope
And he should've known
It's hard to understand
That there's love in this man
I'm sure all would agree
That his misery was his
Woman and things
Now Freddie's dead
That's what I said
Everybody's misused him
Ripped him up and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushing dope for the man
A terrible blow
But that's how it goes
A Freddie’s on the corner now
If you want to be a junkie, wow
Remember Freddie’s dead
We're all built up with progress
But sometimes I must confess
We can deal with rockets and dreams
But reality, what does it mean
Ain't nothing said
Cause Freddie’s dead
Hey, hey
Love, love
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Yeah, yeah
Freddie’s dead
All I want is some peace of mind
With a little love I'm trying to find
This could be such a beautiful world
With a wonderful girl
Why I need a woman child
Don't want to be like Freddie now
Cause Freddie’s dead
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah
If you don't try
You're going to die
Why can't we brothers
Protect one another
No one's serious
And it makes me furious
Don't be misled
Just think of Fred
Everybody's misused him
Ripped him up and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushing dope for the man
A Freddie’s on the corner now
If you want to be a junkie, why
Remember Freddie’s dead
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Freddie’s dead
Hey, hey
Ha, ha
Love, love
Ha, ha...
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ah, ha
Freddie’s dead
That's what I said
Let the rap a plan
Said he'd see him home
But his hope was a rope
And he should've known
It's hard to understand
That there's love in this man
I'm sure all would agree
That his misery was his
Woman and things
Now Freddie's dead
That's what I said
Ripped him up and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushing dope for the man
A terrible blow
But that's how it goes
A Freddie’s on the corner now
If you want to be a junkie, wow
Remember Freddie’s dead
But sometimes I must confess
We can deal with rockets and dreams
But reality, what does it mean
Ain't nothing said
Cause Freddie’s dead
Love, love
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Love, love
Yeah, yeah
Ha, ha
Yeah, yeah
Freddie’s dead
With a little love I'm trying to find
This could be such a beautiful world
With a wonderful girl
Why I need a woman child
Don't want to be like Freddie now
Cause Freddie’s dead
Hey, hey
Yeah, yeah
If you don't try
You're going to die
Protect one another
No one's serious
And it makes me furious
Don't be misled
Just think of Fred
Ripped him up and abused him
Another junkie plan
Pushing dope for the man
A Freddie’s on the corner now
If you want to be a junkie, why
Remember Freddie’s dead
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Freddie’s dead
Hey, hey
Ha, ha
Love, love
Ha, ha...
Song Info
Submitted by
planetearth On Jan 22, 2005
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Great song. I can think of almost none other who'd have poured this much honest emotion on the death of a small-time drug peddler and made it work musically. It's full of powerful side-touches, the brass stabs, the hooky bassline, the clinical synth sound in the break that swells and then drops to a siren, and the points where Curtis voice almost breaks. Ironically, the lyrics weren't featured in the film (the soundtrack version is instrumental) but then most people had heard the chart-topping single anyway!
Unbelievably cool, like all the man's music.