Written and recorded in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a suicide prevention song inspired by *Cowboy* Dan Willimann. For anyone thinking about committing suicide, I offer you this interpretation of my vision.
LYRICS
I’m wondering (I wonder) how hard
Is the cement really that thick?
I wonder (I’m wondering) how hard
If I’m going to dive through…
… is there a trick
Chorus
A circle of angels singing ’round your head
When the jumper jumps, he makes his own bed
You know it’s really, really gonna smart
Right before you start to stop your heart
Should I go head first
To minimize the pain
Should I go feet first
With or agin’ the grain?
Written and recorded in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a suicide prevention song inspired by *Cowboy* Dan Willimann after he jumped from the Chestnut Street parking garage in West Chester, Pennsylvania. For anyone that thinks suicide is the “coward’s way out”… I think not.
You know it’s really, really gonna smart
Right before you start to stop your heart
ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em
Start on f# and c# walkdown
Em E
E A
E B7 A E
Written and recorded in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a suicide prevention song inspired by *Cowboy* Dan Willimann after he jumped from the Chestnut Street parking garage in West Chester, PA.
Breakdown
Written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson
Made famous by The Alan Parsons Project
A G
I break down, in the middle and lose my thread,
F A
no one can understand a word that I say
G
When I break down, just a little and lose my head,
F A
nothing I try to do can work the same way
Dm
Any time it happens, I get over it,
C A
with a little help from all my friends
Dm
Anybody else could see what's wrong with me,
C A
but they walk away and just pretend
G
When I break down
A G A 2x
A G
I break down, in the middle and lose my thread,
F A
no one can understand a word that I say
G
When I break down, just a little and lose my head,
F A
nothing I try to do can work the same way
Dm
Where are all the friends who used to talk to me,
C A
all they ever told me was good news
Dm
People that I've never seen are kind to me,
C A
is it any wonder I'm confused?
G
When I break down, when I break down
Am
Freedom, freedom, we will not obey
G Am
Freedom, freedom, take the wall away
Take the wall away
Am
Freedom, freedom, we will not obey
G Am
Freedom, freedom, take the wall away
Where are all my friends?
I'm so confused
Take the wall away
Take the wall away
Won't somebody help me?
LYRICS
What was the reason for the breakdown in reason
Was it the season
The super full moon
Crack the loon?
What was the reason for the breakdown in reason
Was it a lesion
Lack of medication
Too much meditation
Om, um, I’m
Heaven
As a matter of fact
The fact of the grey matter doesn’t matter
… what does matter
Is to realize — it’s all the I’s
Me and you, too
My thoughts have been on paying him respect.
Was it correct…
The thing society did neglect
Respect
Might not have been given to him… in hindsight.
Might, right?
… and he deserved some… deserved sum
Written and recorded on the steps of the West Chester Courthouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a suicide prevention song inspired by *Cowboy Dan* after he jumped from the parking garage in West Chester, PA and Robin Williams died from self-inflicted asphyxiation. Both committed suicide during the time of the “Super Moon”.
Written and recorded on the steps of the West Chester Courthouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a suicide prevention song inspired by *Cowboy Dan* after he jumped from the parking garage in West Chester, PA.
Written and recorded on the steps of the West Chester Courthouse in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a suicide prevention song inspired by *Cowboy Dan* and based on his favorite chord.
