He was an artist and a writer   And a poet and a friend   In a man's life he will take a fall   But how low he goes it just depends      Yeah, he's shooting dope in the men's room   At the station Daly City Train   Have you ever seen an angel, well I know I have   Say they'll stay here for a while and they'll fly away      Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I'd seen him   But when he rolled the dice he know he never thought twice   Never thought twice about being      Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I'd seen him   But when he rolled the dice he know he never thought twice   Never thought twice about being      Some grown up and some grow old   But what about the kid who never learned the rules   Spent all these years on this earth   When you look back it's just a flicker of time      Jackyl was one of the one's that perished   Yeah, he was one of the one's that was already saved   Through all this evil and wreckage, yeah   He maintained a sense of himself, yeah      Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I'd seen him   But when he rolled the dice he know he never thought twice   Never thought twice about being      Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I'd seen him   But when he rolled the dice he know he never thought twice   Never thought twice about being      Take it   Some men are in prison even though   They walk the streets at night   Other men who got the lock down   Are free as a bird in flight      How about the hour   In the system that ended   In a one-way line   Our measures could not stand it      Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I'd seen him   But when he rolled the dice he know he never thought twice   Never thought twice about being him      Jackyl had a beer in his hand last time I'd seen him   But when he rolled the dice he know he never thought twice   Never thought twice about being him