Our Friend Bobby
Bobby's Complex Legacy: Drink to Remember
Lyrics
Cops found him on a Sunday
Cops discovered Bobby's body on a Sunday.
So we all met up Monday night
Bobby's friends gathered on Monday night.
I guess we always kinda figured this might happen, someday
They had a sense this might happen one day.
It's just a drag that we were right
They're saddened that their intuition was correct.
Everybody tellin' me that he's in heaven
People believe Bobby is in heaven.
He's probably smilin' down on us right now
Some think he's watching over them.
But judgin' by the kind of stuff he was all mixed up in
Given Bobby's troubled life, doubts exist.
Even I have my doubts
The speaker shares these doubts.
Drink one for our friend Bobby
A toast to Bobby.
Ran his car right off the road
He crashed his car.
On accident? On purpose?
Uncertainty persists about the cause—accident or intentional.
Darlin', even now we don't know
No clarity on the circumstances.
Drink one for our friend Bobby
Open them gates and let him in
A plea to open the gates of heaven for Bobby.
On accident? On purpose?
Questioning whether it mattered to Bobby, accident or purpose.
Darlin', those were pretty much the same to him
For Bobby, both held similar weight.
My dad called him "the neighbor kid"
Bobby was regarded as family by the speaker's dad.
Next best thing to next of kin
He was almost like a relative to them.
I probably would'a got beat up like a thousand more times than I did
Growing up with Bobby spared the speaker from more beatings.
If I didn't grow up next to him
Bobby's proximity likely protected the speaker.
And all my friends can just keep in talkin'
The speaker's friends gossip about Bobby, possibly untrue.
Goin' on and on about a bunch of lies
They keep talking without recent contact or knowledge.
But when's the last time any of them saw him? Or even called him?
No recent interactions or calls were made to Bobby.
He wasn't that bad a guy
The speaker defends Bobby's character.
Drink one for my friend Bobby
A repetition of the toast to Bobby.
Ran his car right off the road
Reiteration of Bobby's car accident.
On accident? On purpose?
The cause remains uncertain—accident or purposeful act.
Darlin', even now we don't know
Continued ambiguity around the circumstances.
Drink one for our friend Bobby
Open them gates and let him in
Request to allow Bobby entry into heaven.
On accident, on purpose?
Reflecting on Bobby's perspective, accident or purpose held equal weight.
Darlin', those were pretty much the same to him
Both options mattered similarly to Bobby.
Those were pretty much the same to him
Reiteration of Bobby's indifferent perspective.
Those were pretty much the same to him
Emphasis on Bobby's perception of the accident.
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