CHAPTER 2 The Funeral and It Will Rain
It was Sunday when we buried him. It was simple, just a few friends and family, we also invited Dr. Martin. I could see the media and paparazzi waiting outside. We had an escort that would guide us through the sea of cameras and had guards and security to push back the camera-and-flashbulb-wielding reporters hoping to catch the slightest glimpse of grief on our faces.
We got in the black limo and drove home. We all sat in silence. Suddenly on the radio, we could hear the deejay.
"As a tribute to Alvin Seville, from The Chipmunks, who passed away Thursday after a four month battle with cancer, we have a favorite song we'd like to play. To the Seville family, if your listening, you are in all of our prayers."
Then the song came on.
If you ever leave me baby
Leave some morphine at my door
Cause it would take a whole lotta medication
To realize what we used to have we don't have it anymore.
(We sang this song a-cappella for the radio release.)
There's no religion that could save me (save me)
No matter how long my knees are on the floor (give me a mem'ry of what I'm fightin' for)
So keep in mind all the sacrifices I'm making (oh, oh oh)
To keep you from walking out the door
Cause there'll be no sunlight
If I lose you baby
And there'll be no clear skies
If I lose you baby
And just like the clouds my eyes do the same
if you walk away
every day it will rain (ev'ryday), rain (ev'ryday), rai-a-a-ain
I'll never be your mother's favorite
Your daddy can't even look me in the eye
If I was in their shoes I'd be doing the same thing
Saying "There goes my little girl walking with that troublesome guy"
But they're just afraid of something they can't understand
But little darling watch me change their minds
Ya for you I'll try I'll try I'll try...
I'll pick up these broken pieces 'till I'm bleeding
If that don't make it right
Cause there'll be no sunlight
If I lose you baby
And there'll be no clear skies
If I lose you baby
And just like the clouds my eyes do the same
if you walk away
every day it will rain (ev'ryday), rain (ev'ryday), rai-a-a-ain
Oh don't just say goodbye
Don't just say goodbye
I'll pick up these broken pieces till I'm bleeding
If that don't make it right
Cause there'll be no sunlight
If I lose you baby
And there'll be no clear skies
If I lose you baby
And just like the clouds my eyes do the same
if you walk away
every day it will rain, rain, rai-a-a-ain
ooh, ooh, oh, oooh
ooh, ooh, oh, ooooooooh
The radio changed to Hey Jude by The Beatles. About that time we pulled into our driveway. The first time since Alvin died. We sat down in the living room, our first moment of relaxation in nearly four months.
There was an almost erie silence between everyone as we just sat there, the radio in the kitchen which we had left on was just finishing Hey Jude. I checked the time. 4:00. I could still hear the radio.
Na na na nananana
nananana Hey Jude
Na na na nananana
nananana Hey Jude (ya ya ya ya ya)
Na na na nananana
nananana Hey Jude
Na na na nananana
nananana Hey Jude (Jude Jude-a Jude-a Jude-a)
Na na na nananana
nananana HeyJude