Verse Len’s 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 Theres 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 friend 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 veryclose 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