You like to eat your grits with butter, salt and sugar   You drink your coffee instant and black   I always loved the fact but thought that it was so peculiar   How you carried everything you owned in the back seat      Of your 1983 canary yellow Z   You had a unique collection of fast food bags   And all the post-it notes with quotes stuck to your dashboard   Reminding you life's not so bad      Sad, sadder day   Since I heard you went away   Sad, sadder day   When I can't see your face      What about the day you took me to Skatetown USA   It was raining and there wasn't anywhere we could play   We skated backwards while we held onto each other's hands   Made up choreography to KC and the Sunshine band      You got tired, you said you couldn't sleep last night   You stayed up praying for everybody you know's souls   And you got misty eyed when you said you weren't afraid to die   But you were scared of being alone      Sad, sadder day   Since I heard you went away   Sad, sadder day   When I can't see your face      It's been a sad, sadder day   Since I heard you went away   Sad, sadder day   When I can't see your face      Faster, my heart started beating   I've got the funniest most awful feeling   You were trying, trying to tell me something   I didn't want to know      Sad, sadder day   Since I heard you went away   Sad, sadder day   When I can't see your face      It's been a sad, sad, sadder day   There's something ruining the world today   Sad, sadder day   When I can't see your smiling face ever again