a song for eddie

dust on his desk where he sat you remember, trips to catalina every december, ringling brothers, barnum and bailey, on the road with dad, but it seems like lately, you don't want get up, want to sleep all day but it's never enough!, plus, dolores stopped calling, in your dreams the piano keeps falling, you saw betty in the club, whiskey in you cup wish you had someone to love, toontown, no i haven't been back, when the memories return you'll be sippin on that jack, and i'm tripping on the fact that a toon would attack, and leave my brother flat, now peace is what you lack, used to be a lot laughs way back in the day, now you drink so you can sleep and the nightmares go away, but you still see those eyes glowing red in his head, as you toss and turn in this murphy bed, remember how you saved huey dewey and louie?, cleared goofy's name, just like in the movies, where the good guys win - finding a balance, no case to big for valiant and valiant, that's why you miss your little brother, so if we need to find you you'll be hiding in these covers, eddie valiant, we can work it out, got to put the bottle down, 'cause we haven't seen you 'round, your friends and family miss you, and there's trouble in the town, you remember laughter, that high squeaky voice, those burning red eyes, how you had to make a choice, should you chase the toon down yokster street?, or stay with my brother it was hard to see, but teddy never made it, he was crushed you see, now i no longer trust the lapd, 'cause they never found leads on that crooked toon, in the dark alleyway, teddy met his doom, when you see the hills all shiny and green, you can't go back, cause you still hear his screams, and you know they've got meetings to help with the grief, but you can't leave my house think you'll take 40 winks, and it's been 40 weeks since you last touched his desk, newspaper clippings in a pile you could guess, the valiant bros had the best reputation, the gumshoes come through what a combination, you pray one day you'll laugh again, call bugs up like way back when, say "what's up doc? man how you been?", it will be so good to finally see you friends, 'cause they've always been there, when you'm ready, you'll pour one out for my brother teddy, but until then, you're sleeping in, 'cause i can't face a world that he's not in, once again, eddie valiant, we can work it out, got to put the bottle down, 'cause we haven't seen you 'round, your friends and family miss you, and there's trouble in the town, you got a call from rk maroon, world renowned for maroon cartoons, went to his office, poured yourself a drink, saw dumbo through the window and it made you think, what the flying elephant in the room might be, saw his face in the glass and you took a seat, on maroon's his newest project he needed a hand, he was - over-budget, 25 grand, cause a famous actor couldn't learn his lines, a broken hearted rabbit, you were like nevermind, you don't work for toons anymore, anymore don't be silly, forget screwy squirrel, forget chilly willy, forget dinky doodle, you had to let 'em go, just ask angelo, i don't work for them no more, you said, "rk, you'd better call someone else!", 'cause toons on the run are bad for your health, eddie valiant, we can work it out, got to put the bottle down, 'cause we haven't seen you 'round, your friends and family miss you, and there's trouble in the town, now i know why you yanked my ears, all those times you yanked my ears, 'cause you're mad at toons, deep down it's clear, yeah you're mad at toons and you've been for years