Temple Bar

I miss all my friends at the Temple Bar

The ones who walked just half a block, and the ones who traveled far

A family like a lost and found

Blessed by Niles Canyon, and the water from the ground

Charlie was from Tracy, and he made all his money on pool

Hiding out from the Children of God, he’d run out the clock on school

But one summer he just disappeared, and I heard that he’d driven up north

Sometimes you never see someone again but you know just what they’re looking for

Roger was a scholar of capital

Paranoid but justified, slept in a sailboat hull

Showed up late one night in a dressing gown

Called us all his jailers, and the country a company town

And you’ll all crack up too, he said

It’s all just a matter of time

Last I heard he was a forester

And he’d shut up all the demons in his mind

Lena was a painter, and my first love

Not that she’d admit as much, sighing like a mourning dove

Last I heard, she’d made it in Monterey

Selling beachfront properties, flying in a private plane

Leonard hasn’t left at all but I rarely ever see him around

I might catch a glimpse at the grocery store

Or picking up some dinner in town

The one time I caught a look straight in his eyes

There was no recognition at all

Like two old fish in an aquarium

Seeing their reflections in the wall

I miss all my friends at the Temple Bar

The ones who never moved away and the ones who traveled far

A family like a lost and found

Then the Angels took it over, and it burned right to the ground