Damien Dempsey - Chris and Stevie lyrics

My buddy Stevie I loved him well We had some laughs he was sound as a bell Our little lives they ran parallel He played with fire and got burnt as hell And I'm remembering little things we've done We bought the train out to the beach in the sun But still some eyes popped, some laughing run And through the sand dunes with finger guns Well one day Stevie got bitten by a bug He was fascinated by the life of the thug He felt a weakling and he craved some power But the thug's existence could soon turn sour I'm missing you today I'm missing you today What I would give to see You smiling back at me And what I wouldn't do For one last laugh with you My buddy Chris he was quite a tuff And to his face you wouldn't call him a puff We donned the boxing and had millions to scrap To this young warrior I'll tip my cap In Celtic times it wasn't seen as wrong Then the Roman Empire with their shame came along They called this love evil and they done much harm But if you're hurting no one you'd be in God's arms But Chris and Stevie I miss ye both To all young people cut down from a rope It breaks my heart that you went so far To all young people be proud of who ye are I'm missing you today I'm missing you today Today I'm missing you today I'm missing you today I'm missing you today I'm missing you today What I would give to see You smiling back at me And what I wouldn't do For one last laugh with you Talk to me and tell me how you feel Lean on me I'm here my love is real Talk to me and tell me how you feel Lean on me I'm here my love is real