The Ballad Of Lester Walker Lyrics - Singles - Whitlams

He went to parties but always stood alone 

People amused him, he was always looking on 

But now our Lester Walker's gone 

Bus rides, highways, looking for a new place 

Found a new space and called it home 

Seen on beaches making castles in the sand 

Being alone was all he'd ever known 

Well he's gone 

Our Lester's gone from our home 

that's what his mother cries 

He doesn't even phone to tell her how he is 

His room's the same as when he was just a little boy 

I know that he'll return some day, yeah she knows he will 

Three months later in the park he meets a boy names Sid 

They talk of all the things they'd do and all the things they did 

Every day they'd sit and meet and talk and watch and laugh 

So close a bond yet so innocent, a love was formed 

The two of them climbed up a hill and in a warm embrace 

They watch the sun slowly set behind a mountain range 

All they needed was there and then nothing needed to be said 

'Cause nothing can disturb the unconcerned 

But then 

In the morning paper Lester reads the Sid is dead 

Got stabbed in the park late last night 

Lester cries out in pain, runs to the window and releases himself 

Now side by side they lie in the mortuary 

Well he's gone 

Our Lester's gone from our home 

That's what his mother cries 

The phone smashed on the floor, she knows where her son now lies 

His room's the same as when he was just a little boy 

Never to return to his mother's loving arms 

Oh yes he's gone 

Our Lester's gone from our home 

She cries and cries 

No he don't phone no more, she knows where he now lies 

His room's the same as when he was just a little boy 

Never to return to his mother's loving arms