Jimmy used to run through the streets at night To escape from all the fighting He was always told that he wasn't right So he just kept on writing Writing to a dad that he wished he'd had That he didn't know he needed, he said "We should run away, but today we'll stay" And I haven't seen him since that day, now I got Jimmy on my mind, felt like yesterday But I don't see him anymore, anymore Jimmy, he got tired, so he couldn't stay Now I don't see him anymore, anymore Nah, nah, no, no I don't see him anymore Nah, nah, nah, ah Jimmy would come over after school sometimes And we'd dance around the garden He would never talk, but when he would try It would never come out right and One day he had to go when his mum called him home And he looked at me and smiled and he said "We should run away, but today we'll stay" And I haven't seen him since that day, now I got Jimmy on my mind, felt like yesterday But I don't see him anymore, anymore Jimmy, he got tired so he couldn't stay Now I don't see him anymore, now I got Jimmy on my mind, feels like yesterday But I don't see him anymore, anymore Jimmy, he got tired, but he couldn't stay Now I don't see him anymore, anymore Nah, nah, no, no I don't see him anymore Nah, nah, nah, ah And I pictured you back in the day when we were nine We said that someday we would leave this all behind And I pictured you back in the day when we were nine We said that someday we would leave this all behind Now I got Jimmy on my mind, felt like yesterday (Oh, oh, oh lord) But I don't see him anymore, anymore Jimmy, he got tired, so he couldn't stay Now I don't see him anymore, now I got Jimmy on my mind, feels like yesterday But I don't see him anymore, anymore Jimmy, he got tired, but he couldn't stay Now I don't see him anymore, anymore Nah, nah, no, no I don't see him anymore Nah, nah, nah, nah, ah I don't see him anymore Nah, nah, nah, ah I don't see him anymore Nah, nah, nah, ah