The Killing Of Georgie Lyrics - Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart

In these days of changing ways 

So called liberated days 

A story comes to mind of a friend of mine 

Georgie boy, was gay I guess 

Nothin' more or nothin' less 

The kindest guy I ever knew 

His mother's tears fell in vain 

The afternoon George tried to explain 

That he needed love like all the rest 

Pa said, "There must be a mistake 

How can my son not be straight 

After all I've said and done for him" 

Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus 

Cast out by the ones he loves 

A victim of these gay days it seems 

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Georgie went to New York town 

Where he quickly settled down 

And soon became the toast of the great white way 

Accepted by Manhattan's elite 

In all the places that were chic 

No party was complete without George 

Along the boulevards he'd cruise 

And all the old queens blew a fuse 

Everybody loved Georgie boy 

The last time I saw George alive 

Was in the summer of seventy-five 

He said he was in love, I said I'm pleased 

George attended the opening night 

Of another Broadway hype 

But split before the final curtain fell 

Deciding to take a short cut home 

Arm in arm they meant no wrong 

A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue 

Out of a darkened side street came 

A New Jersey gang with just one aim 

To roll some innocent passer-by 

There ensued a fearful fight 

Screams rang out in the night 

Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone 

A leather kid, a switchblade knife 

He did not intend to take his life 

He just pushed his luck a little too far that night 

The sight of blood dispersed the gang 

A crowd gathered, the police came 

An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third 

Georgie's life ended there 

But I ask, "Who really cares?" 

George once said to me and I quote 

He said, "Never wait or hesitate 

Get in kid before it's too late 

You may never get another chance" 

"'Cause youth's a mask but it don't last 

Live it long and live it fast" 

Georgie was a friend of mine 

Oh, Georgie stay, don't go away 

Georgie please stay, you take our breath away 

Oh, Georgie stay, don't go away 

Georgie please stay, you take our breath away 

Oh, Georgie stay, don't go away 

Georgie, Georgie please stay, you take our breath away 

Oh, Georgie stay