I remember your eyes from the 12th of July 

When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky 

And you held me so tight, thought you'd never let go 

'Til the bullets exploded on the pavement below 

And I laid you down next to a burnt out car 

Screamed out for help but you were gone too far 

Still got that picture of you locked away from the start 

Developing inside my fanatic heart 



I went around in a daze for a couple of years 

With the blood in my veins frozen over with tears 

And I did anything that they asked me to do 

'Cause all I could see was that picture of you 

And the young ones passin' by'd say, "how's about you - real hard man" 

Deep down inside I was just a castle of sand 

Still had that picture of you locked away from the start 

Developing inside my fanatic heart 



Then they took me inside, threw me up against a wall 

They put electric prods on my chest and my balls 

And they told me to sign things that I knew weren't true 

And in the end I did what they told me to do 

Then they locked me up and threw away the key 

And left me there with just your memory 



Now I walk through New York like a grey silhouette 

Tryin' hard to remember what I'm supposed to forget 

That look in your eyes on the 12th of July 

When the sirens were screamin' and the flames lit the sky 

Hey I sleep with other women and I hold them through the night 

'Cause all I want to do is just get on with my life 

But that picture of you won't let me make a new start 

It's frozen inside my fanatic heart.