I wrote this song about my beloved brother-in-lautism, Bryan Nevins (1989 — 2010). Prior to his First Communion, they tried to teach him some rudimentary Catholic info (e.g., God lives in heaven). At the same time, his teachers tried to teach him some rudimentary biographical info (e.g., Bryan lives in Oceanside). As such, the signals got crossed, and for the rest of his life, if you asked Bryan where he lived, he said “Heaven,” and if you asked him where God lived, he said, “Oceanside.” And I always thought that was charming. He was an exceptionally charming fellow.
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As handsome a kid as I ever did see,
A man of few words, I was told,
With his guts made of paper,
In his blood, Italy,
A hillbilly heart made of gold.
You got sauce in your eyebrows,
Your shoes are untied,
And closing your eyelids,
Is no way to hide,
But you kept it together,
We were beaming with pride,
When God lived in Oceanside.
Gonna go for a ride, but I hate when you sulk,
I ask you to hop in the car,
But then your alter ego, The Incredible Hulk,
Showed up so we didn’t get far.
But despite your aggressions,
Which I hope subside,
Your slight indiscretions,
I‘ve learned to abide,
You said you lived in heaven,
Which I rightly denied,
And God lives in Oceanside.
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