lord eric haugen

That Man He Could Feel

We stayed up late and drank some wine
And talked like old friends
Of endless beginnings, beginningless ends
And soon it turned to suicide
And things got real deep
We all think of taking that leap
And then we talked of puppy love
And running on track
And falling so hard that you never come back

And Ringo had the brightest eyes
You ever did see
He shined like the people you see on TV
In Jackson Hole in '98
His life let him down
It took him awhile to drown
He found his way to drying out
And that's when we met
That's two months of hell I will never forget

And Ringo cried when his mama died
That man he could feel
And I surely admire the real man

From We Can Rebuild Him (2002)