I remember your eyes from the 12th of July   When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky   And you held me so tight, thought you'd never let go   'Til the bullets exploded on the pavement below   And I laid you down next to a burnt out car   Screamed out for help but you were gone too far   Still got that picture of you locked away from the start   Developing inside my fanatic heart     I went around in a daze for a couple of years   With the blood in my veins frozen over with tears   And I did anything that they asked me to do   'Cause all I could see was that picture of you   And the young ones passin' by'd say, "how's about you - real hard man"   Deep down inside I was just a castle of sand   Still had that picture of you locked away from the start   Developing inside my fanatic heart     Then they took me inside, threw me up against a wall   They put electric prods on my chest and my balls   And they told me to sign things that I knew weren't true   And in the end I did what they told me to do   Then they locked me up and threw away the key   And left me there with just your memory     Now I walk through New York like a grey silhouette   Tryin' hard to remember what I'm supposed to forget   That look in your eyes on the 12th of July   When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky   Hey I sleep with other women and I hold them through the night   'Cause all I want to do is just get on with my life   But that picture of you won't let me make a new start   It's frozen inside my fanatic heart.