Here we are my friend
How good it is to see you
It seemed so innocent `til now
There's something troubling you
You need to save some face
To reach into the past somehow
To see if Eddie's still alive.......
You whipped me as a child
at every single game
Nothing you could do but win
The years have stripped your pride
You'll never be the same
until you whip me once again
So let's go see if Eddie's still alive
If Eddie's still alive
Eddie is the ball
His kick is just as rough
Cuts my weaker leg below the knee
I stumble, trip and fall
It's clear I've had enough
He's dragged me to the past again to see
And I see that Eddie's still alive
Eddie's still alive in me
The game's not what Ed misses
He clings with all his might
To glory that still won't set him free
How quickly he confesses
"I thank you for the fight
There's nothing left to win for me"
I had to see if Eddie's still alive
If Eddie's still alive in me
If Eddie's still alive
Copyright 1995 Francis J. Snyder