Vanishing Lyrics

He was a little boy

About a year younger than me

Living 'round the corner

With his family

A dog named Spot by his side

And me. Together

Every day after school

We set out to explore our world

He always found his way

And he knew all the birds

Oh, how we laughed. All the time

Then a black car came along

And made him get inside

The poor boy

Cops were everywhere and the neighbourhood was in shock

You couldn't see a kid on the streets after 5 o'clock

Vowed to spend the rest of my life looking for him

Or to make someone pay for this sin

The picture of my pal in the papers nation-wide

Reminded me I could have been the one on the other side

Heard the family left town without a trace

Was something the mother just couldn't take

And I, I, I, I, I, I, I

Will never get to see

The person he would have become

I know he would have been the shining light of everyone

And most of all, a good friend to me

A dear friend to me

My best friend