Neponset neighborhood landscape   You loomed larger than most   Scholastic and academic achievements   All which you did boast      The world was in the palm of your hand   When you went backdoor on school and friends   Drink, drugs, fighting fast lane life   Grew big chips on those imposing shoulders      Take it back, Patrick   Where is the kid that I once knew?   Such a young sick kid   Where is this lifestyle taking you?   Look at what booze did   The insanity breaking you   Take it back, Patrick      Put in choice dry out spots   But you always broke out   Claimed they didn't know your reality   Loaded with self doubt      Jump back on the pain train   The ride will be different this damn time   Denial express closes to a stop   Your death, the end of the ride      Take it back, Patrick   Where is the kid that I once knew?   Such a young sick kid   Where is this lifestyle taking you?   Look at what booze did   The insanity breaking you   Take it back, Patrick   And one more thing      You can claim ignorance once the reaper comes   Because you got told about the cure by your shrink doctor   Go back on the bright, straighten up your life   To you we do implore a second shot at this tonight      Saw you lying there, beaten at town field   With an unshakeable angry frown and requisite bottle   That won't happen to you, you were once the ace   A field's corner kid that the booze just knocked right out of place      Take it back, Patrick   Lazarus runs out of time   Such a young sick kid   Without reason or a rhyme   Look at what booze did   A family left beyond the wake   Take it back, Patrick