Why did you do it?  Will we ever know, for sure?
          You think no one cares for you?
          Each night people pray for you.
          
          What evil is it what drives you to such things?
          Great expectations of Madison Avenue Reality?
          Or fantasy world of scriptwriters' minds?
          Are these the standards to which compare?
          
          Romanticized life of romanticized lyrics,
          Double trouble for us all.
          How did you think such things were real?
          Romeo and Juliet was a mistake, still is too.
          
          Is the pressure truely great
          To live that perfect youth life?
          Tis lies, it is.
          Ask any of us who've tried before you.
          
          There's so much to tell you.
          A lifetime of experiences to share with you.
          But now is too late.
          You've taken paths from which there's no return.
          
          Pain and heartbreak, euphoria and love
          Neither can be without the other.
          If not for the dark of night
          How can we know the light of day?
          
          Life on the street is better than no life.
          Times Square, NY; Rush Street, Chicago;
          Boulevard, LA; even Vernadsky, Moscow; Nan Hsiao, Beijing.
          
          You can always go home from these.
          It's too late now; it's too late.
          Friends remain to explore this life
          With numerous paths from which to choose.
          
          Adventurous paths with life's ups and downs,
          Emotional twists and turns,
          Moments of exhilaration, depths of depression,
          It takes a life time to experience it all.
          
          What was it what cheated you of ...?
          Of all the mysteries of life.
          God, that I only knew to warn the others!
          'So long as there's life, there's hope;
           without life, hope can not be.'
          
          Please stop, please don't do it.
          It hurts so bad, please stop.
          You think no one cares for you?
          Each night I pray for you.