I once had a yellow radio
it played cassette tapes
recorded Aretha Franklin songs
played them all night long
I had a button down long sleeve
paisley shirt I that I loved to wear
I lived at the Y Down Town
I had a friend name Pilar
she died nothing could stop
the cries she left 5 kids behind
I look for them now but their
too hard to find she had a disease
no doctor could define at the time
she had a beautiful spirit
hear and mind something
these days are hard to find
if life were a cassette tape
I could insert a No. 2 pencil
twist and rewind it back to
the time just to talk to an
angel I once knew wearing
the button down long sleeve
paisley shirt I loved to wear