AUDIO – Billie Joe Armstrong’s Amy Winehouse wistful tribute song “Amy” (Don’t You Go)
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong debuted a sentimental tribute song to Amy Winehouse that accurately conveys the nagging, wistful feelings most Amy fans have experienced with news of her death last month.
Billy Joe sang these pleading lines at a “secret” show in Costa Mesa, CA Thursday night: “Amy don’t you go/I want you around/Singin’ woah, please don’t go/Do you wanna be a friend of mine?”
Many of the lyrics also pointed out Amy’s heartache, anachronistic qualities, and the notorious bloody ballerina flats: “Is your heart singing out of tune?/Are your eyes just singing the blues?/Dirty records from another time/Some blood stains on your shoes.”
Full lyrics:
Is your heart singing out of tune?
Are your eyes just singing the blues?
Dirty records from another time
Some blood stains on your shoes
No one really knows about your soul
And I barely even know your name
Burning rhythms and posting lies
For a bunch of fools drown in shame
Amy don’t you go
I want you around
Singin’ Woah please don’t go
Do you wanna be a friend of mine?
Did you tattoo a lucky charm
To keep you out of harm’s way?
Warding off al evil signs
But it never really kept you safe
You’re to young for the golden age
Cause the record bin’s been replaced
27 gone without a trace
And you walked away from your drink
Is your heart singing out of tune
Are your eyes just singing the blues?
Dirty records from another time
Some blood stains on your shoes
May I have this last dance
By chance if we should meet?
Can you write me a lullaby?
So we can sing you to sleep