RICKY I'M RIGHT BEHIND
©1988 - music and words by John R. Black, ℗ 42nd Street Music Seattle
I've sung all your old songs
I've also written a few
I've been to the old places
And seen some of the new
I grew up to Ozzie and Harriet
Watchin' you and Dave on T.V.
Playin' out those family roles
Sometimes you were me
I sang your songs in high school
In my rock n' roll band
Waitin' in School was my favorite
Saw you on American Bandstand
I know you got married
Well Ricky so did I
When you were singin' Garden Party
They sent me to Vietnam to die
And Ricky I'm right behind
Oh Ricky I'm right behind
Reachin' inside this crazy mind of mine
Maybe I don't belong here anymore
Can't seem to ever shut this door
And get away from the things I've done before
You had Tracy, Gunnar, Matt, and Sam
I had Shane, Heidi, Ben
Raisin' a family is tough as hell
When you're fightin' in Vietnam
While you were singin' Travelin' Man
I was on duty in Berlin town
You crashed and burned in '85
When I was messin' around
I wonder about the future
And what it holds for me
Maybe writin' songs forever
I guess I'll have to see
I'm ready to start all over
To do what's right to right a wrong
If you want to know my story
You can hear it in my song
And Ricky I'm right behind
Oh Ricky I'm right behind
Maybe I need to find someplace new
So maybe Ricky I can come and be with you
We'll sing all your old songs forever
Up there in Heaven's Stone Canyon Band
We'll get the boys to sing along with us
Who died on the battlefields of Vietnam
And Ricky I'm right behind
Oh Ricky I'm right behind
Yes Ricky I'm right behind
Ricky I'm right behind