A pistol shot, at five oclock, the bells of heaven ring,
Tell me what you done it for, no I wont tell you a thing.
Yesterday I begged you before I hit the ground,
All I leave behind me is only what I found.
If you can abide it, let the hurdy-gurdy play,
Stranger ones have come by here before they flew away.
I will not condemn you nor yet would I deny,
I would ask the same of you, but failing, will not die.
Take up your china doll, take up your china doll,
Its only fractured and just a little nervous from the fall.
La-la-la-la-la-la-la. [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/g/grateful_dead/china_doll.html ]
A kind, caring and encouraging message given a day late to a friend who has already committed suicide... A message of perserverence in the face of confusion and self-doubt