Kid Next Door

The kid next door, the kid next door
Now he ain't coming home no more
I watched him grow, I watched him go
Now he ain't coming home no more

He was a high school football star
And that boy really loved his car
I still can hear that loud hip hop
As he was coming down the block
Remember there in my garage
In his desert camouflage
He told me not to worry none
He'd be back when his work was done

The kid next door, the kid next door
Now he ain't coming home no more
I watched him grow, I watched him go
Now he ain't coming home no more

Some nights I can hear the sound
Of a football game way 'cross town
Without his number or his name
People cheering just the same
Now that kid is forever gone
Was it right or was it wrong?
Did it change the bottom line?
We keep on living while we keep on dying

The kid next door, the kid next door
Now he ain't coming home no more
I watched him grow, I watched him go
Now he ain't coming home

Sitting there all alone
Parked out back like his tombstone
A black '02 Camaro
With a silent kick-ass stereo