M.I.A. Releases First Amy Winehouse Tribute Track
Posted on Mon Jul 25th, 2011 10:55am PDT By X17 Staff
"Paper Planes" singer M.I.A. has already released a tribute song to singer Amy Winehouse, who died Saturday.
The track, "27," refers to the age at which Winehouse died. Discussion of how Winehouse has joined the "27 club," a group of artists who died at 27 after dealing with drug/alcohol abuse, including Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, has been rampant since her death.
M.I.A. posted the song (below) on Twitter, saying that she had already recorded the song prior to Winehouse's death but had never released it. "R.I.P A.M.Y.," she wrote.
Read the lyrics to the eerie tune after the jump.
- "Dedicated to all my friends that died at 27.
LYRIX
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said your all mouth and no brains
all rock stars go to heaven
you said you'll be dead at 27
when we drunk in a English tavern
the owner poured you the Bourbon
and you drunk your self so rotten
he got so rich he bought a Bentley
and moved himself to Devon
you started dirty dancing
and you bar tended a dozen
i took you to the clinic
to get you clean but you couldn't
said in 2 days ur 27 and and ur destiny was comin
and ur papa passed so sudden
and left you with lil somin
you blew that money on a mountain of drugs
and staged your self a bedin
a month later when i popped in
your still high but the winter set in
i bought you a coffee and a muffin
and you quoted me some Lenin
i wished i was that clever
but thats what kept me coming
your friendship did mean somin
but you left me for nothin
when i left, you befriended a rope
and i found you both were hanging."
