He was an artist and a writer and a poet and a friend In a man's life he will take a fall but how low he goes it just depends He's shooting dope in the men's room at the station daly city train Have you ever seen an angel? Well I know I have. See, they'll stay here for a while, then they'll fly away Jacky l had a beer in his hand last time I seen him When he rolled the dice he never thought twice never thought twice about being him Jacky l had a beer in his hand last time I seen him When he rolled the dice he never thought twice never thought twice about being him Some grown up and some grow old But what about the kid who never learned the rules? Spent all these years on this earth when you look back it's just a flicker of time Jacky l was one of the one's that perished Yeah, he was one of the ones that was already saved Through all the evil and wreckage, yeah he maintained a sense of himself, yeah Jacky l had a beer in his hand last time I seen him When he rolled the dice he never thought twice never thought twice about being him Jacky l had a beer in his hand last time I seen him When he rolled the dice he never thought twice never thought twice about being him <♪> Check it Some men are in prison even though they walk the streets at night Other men who got the lockdown are free as a bird in flight How 'bout the hour in the system that has ended in a one-way line out measures could not stand it. Yeah Jacky l had a beer in his hand last time I seen him When he rolled the dice he never thought twice never thought twice about being him Jacky l had a beer in his hand last time I seen him When he rolled the dice he never thought twice never thought twice about being him