Content warning: suicide, depression, self-destruction
For the tough guy
who no one shall tie
doing everything for the glory
causing all sorts of treachery
Comes a silent tear
One that is so dear
For the tough guy
who gets so high
going out every night
just looking for a fight
Comes a silent tear
Quickly washed away with another beer
For the tough guy
who makes the girls sigh
getting laid all the time
though it wasn't quite right in his mind
Comes the silent tears
That no one hears
For the tough guy
in honor he shall surely die
pulls the trigger in apathy
now his brains you do see
Once came a silent tear
One that he did so fear
Erin Michelle Smith
1986