expatbrit, I've always liked this song. It came out when I was an 8th grader in junior high school. That year a popular 6th grade girl in our school was accidently killed from a gunshot that discharged from a shotgun found in the attic of her best friend's house. The brother of her friend was playing around with the gun when the "accident" happened.
It was a bittersweet year, lots of great things happening when I was 14. But the song always brings me back to the sights and sounds of that tragic time. I can still remember clearly the announcement made over the intercom on the Monday morning after the weekend it happened. Everytime I hear that song I grieve that young life cut short. Casey would have been all grown up by now.
Thanks for adding in the lyrics. I've got the Simply Red Greatest Hits CD and play it once in awhile.
