Tony Mecca: Music

The Friends of Joey Coyle

"With a common man’s belief that someday he could have it all"

There will never be a boy like you - Could make things sound as good as you do - selling everyone you find on something that’s been running through you mind - Cursed to feed a burning heart - Always looking for the bigger part - No matter how you shed your skin - Something always seemed to pull you in - The river road was wide and bright and lovers held each other tight - The rumor spread as fast as light Davey saw Joey on TV tonight - You sit alone and think it through - You hear the voice of fame start talking to you - You don’t know why you feel this way - To be someone is your only play - The river road is filled with joy for all the Christian girls and boys - You prove you’re tough you prove you’re free Davey saw Joey on TV - When all the friends of Joey Coyle would speak his name their blood would boil - They could not see the irony they always think "if that were me" - Standing at the edge of real trying not to fall - With a common man’s belief that someday he could have it all - When you stumbled on the Holy Grail it only made you see - You would gladly trade you riches for a place in history - Crucified by circumstances no one really knew - They put you on the silver screen and tried to make a star of you - But the joy you felt was all but gone the trip had done you in - Your eyes kept sinking in your pale white skin - Such a heavy price he paid – A lifetime ticket to the fools parade - With only the past in his sight – Joey Coyle took his life that night - The river flows for all to see - your choices are your destiny - you swim above or sink below – Davey heard about it on the radio - I’m gonna ride this fever straight into hell tonight - I gotta head full of trouble and the devil better get me right - and if he starts to stutter we might just have to dance - but if he has a heart I’m gonna ask him for another chance