Well I barely knew him He was your good friend And I think about him Every now and then And how all the real ones Die with nothing Half of the time And I barely knew him He's a friend of mine ♪ Well, I tried to call him When I came through town You know I saw him walk in the door But by the time I got down on from the stage He was gone in the night I never saw him again And I barely knew him He was your good friend ♪ Yeah, It's a quick light and a slow burn It's a little wink and a half turn, and gone, gone He's a little lion with a broken tooth The best liar tells the truth But he's gone ♪ He left a wife and two kids when he died Every time I hear his name You know it makes me wanna cry He could not afford to see a doctor So he died And I barely knew him He's a friend of mine He's a friend of mine He's a friend of mine, mine