Len got a pain in his vein And that mean it looks like rain And there ain't no sunshine For a very close friend a mine For a very close friend a mine There's a man way across town If Len is lucky he can run him down For him to screw him blind Running numbers on a friend a mine Running numbers on a fried a mine In a poisen paint chipped room He plays solitaire with doom And I pray that he don't go blind He's a very close friend a mine He's a very close friend a mine Lenny's been doin' it for years Hiding from his fears And you say that he's to blame And I say that we're all to blame And I say that we are all to blame And there just ain't no pain After racing with your vein On the devil's freeway - He died yesterday And there ain't no sunshine For a very close friend a mine For a very close friend a mine