We named him Steven
He brought joy
He was everything we’d hoped for……….
A real American boy.

He played baseball
He wrote songs
He could bring a smile with just a word
Through music
He belonged.

But deep in his soul
Beyond all control
Emptiness
Led him astray.

He treated his ills
With poisons and pills
And all that’s left
Are memories.

Play it, play Steven’s Song
Turn the volume high
We won’t forget
His spirit will live on.
Drugs took his life away
But they can’t take his song
Play it, play Steven’s song.

Sixteenth birthday
He skipped school
Should have known that he did so much more
Than break the family’s rules.

Lost his report card
His guitar, too
Never lost that twinkle in his eye when he sang
A Dylan tune.

But we caught on too late
We couldn’t change fate
The pills and the poisons
Took hold.

We thought he’d outgrow
The drugs just said “No”
In less than a blink
He was gone.

Play it, play Steven’s Song
Turn the volume high
We won’t forget
His spirit will live on.
Drugs took his life away
But they can’t take his song
Play it, play Steven’s song.

There’s thousands just like Steven
Flyin’ solo in the rain
And if this song can save just one
His dying’s not in vain.

So play it, play Steven’s Song
Turn the volume high
We won’t forget
His spirit will live on.
Drugs took his life away
But they can’t take his song
Play it, play Steven’s song.

Play it, play Steven’s Song
Turn the volume high
We won’t forget
His spirit will live on.
Drugs took his life away
But they can’t take his song
Play it, play Steven’s song.