You like to eat your grits with bu*ter salt and sugar You like your coffee instant and black I always loved the fact but thought that it was so peculiar How you carried everything you owned on your back seat Of your 1983 canary yellow Z You had a unique collection of fast food bag And all the posted notes of quotes taped to your dashboard Reminding you life's not so bad Sad, sadder day Since I heard you went away Sad, sadder day When I can't see your face What about the day you took me to Skatetown USA It was raining and there wasn't anywhere we could play We skated backwards as we held on to each other's hand Made up choreographer to K.C. and the Sunshine Band You got tired and said you couldn't sleep last night You stayed up praying for everybody you knows souls Then you got misty eyed when you said you weren't afraid to die but you were scared of being alone Sad, Sadder day Since I heard you went away Sad, Sadder day When I can't see your face Faster my heart started beating I got the funniest most awful feeling You were trying trying to tell me something I didn't want to know Sad, Sadder day Since I heard you went away Sad, Sadder day When I can't see your face