From the recording Adam (Done Blew His Own Head Off)
Don't get me started...Straightforward is how I approached this topic of suicide. It must have been quite a shock to his family.
One day whilst going through some old sheet music I came upon an exercise that I had half completed for a music writing class way back when in college. I decided to complete it and thus the lucky listener will have their first glimpse into one of the very first compositions this writer ever attempted as the opening to this song.
Lyrics
Adam
(done blew his own head off)
Words and Music by: Herschel Gelfand
Adam done blew his own head off. Put the barrel to the temple and a bullet through his head. (The) why he did no soul can answer. The malaise of a generation spreading like a cancer.
Adam done blew his own head off. His Dad was dying. (I) tried to find him up in Gainesville. But about his whereabouts his gay friends laughed but never revealed. All the yelling and the screaming and Goddamnit Alan dry heaving convinced poor Adam that his life was worth leaving.
Adam, born into a marriage that never should’ve happened. Guess it damned him. Adam, Marijuana and Xanax found in his backpack.
Adam done blew his own head off. Suicidal reasons really don’t matter. The only relevant considerations’ cleaning up the splatter. Nobody noticed things turning bad, even with the tattoo on his forehead saying ‘see ya’ real soon, Dad’.
Adam done blew his own head off. Caught him by himself strolling ‘round the Hard Rock. Tried to make conversation druggy smiley face is all we got. At a gun range fired nine bullets at the target. Number 10 made the floor beneath his feet a red bloody carpet. All I can say about my nephew, only granted a 26 year living curfew.