Jimmy died on his couch yesterday   A friend of his ex wife called me to say   He just gave it to God, slipped from the livin’   With the bills pilin’ up and a back that was givin’ in      it’s been years since I’ve seen anyone   Now I’m sittin’ here, in the dark   Stallin’ out in my car   Wishing I could bum a light   From the ghost of the gang tonight      Kathy lost a nephew under the wheels of a train   A midday suicide after a losing streak   He just stood on the tracks and gave it to glory   I never called her, to say “I’m sorry my friend.”   It’s been years, but I’m thinking about you   And all of your tears   And I’m sitting here in the dark   Afraid to make a stupid call   Wishing I could bum a light   From the ghost of the gang tonight      Tonight I’m gonna take that ride for the years we missed and the friends that died   Sideswiped baby on the road somehow with a pack of dreams that just weren’t allowed   Maybe you’re walking those halls all quiet and sad   Or sitting in the dark all scared and mad   Feel my hand reach across and don’t forget   Where you come from baby, ‘cause there’s truth in it      Yeah we huddled against the cold in those days   By the light of a fire in a pep-rally haze   With the smoke and lives past, and a reason for livin’   No matter how bad it got, we wouldn’t give in to it   It’s been years, since I’ve seen anyone cry these tears now   Sitting here in the dark, stalling out in my car   Wishing I could bum a light   From the ghost of the gang tonight