Originally posted by Touch'O'Death
Yeah, and where is Elvis now? He shoulda kept his hands off Dwight Fry.
OK -- for those who didn't catch that reference (like me), I pulled this off of the net...
In 1971, a little known rock and roll band named Alice Cooper produced "Love It To Death", an album which would
push the band into the national spotlight with its mega-hit teenage anthem "I'm Eighteen". "Love It To Death" would also bring to the ears of many younger listeners a name that they were probably totally unfamiliar with- Dwight Frye.
"Ballad of Dwight Fry" was never an "AM tune", but to FM listeners and to album buyers it was a dark song with an
intriguing title and a solid hit. A first-person narrative of isolation and physical restraint, "Ballad of Dwight Fry" penned by Michael Bruce and Alice Cooper was inspired by Alice's then-recent experience in a rehab unit, which he likened to Renfield's captivity in Dracula.
It has always been guesswork as to why the song's title drops the letter "e" from Dwight's last name opting to use
"Fry" as opposed to"Frye". There has been speculation that the band and/or the label was attempting to protect itself
against any possible litigation from Dwight's descendants. Another theory has been that it's merely a misspelling of
the name.
Whatever the answer might be, "Ballad of Dwight Fry" remains an important song from Alice Cooper's early period and has kept Dwight Frye's name (although often misspelled) before the public for decades.
Ballad Of Dwight Fry
Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper
"Love It to Death" (1971)
Mommy where's daddy?
He's been gone for so long.
Do you think he'll ever come home?
I was gone for fourteen days
I coulda been gone for more
Held up in the intensive care ward
lyin on the floor
I was gone for all those days
but I, was not all alone
I made friends with a lot of people
in the danger zone
See my lonely life unfold
I see it every day
See my only mind explode
Since I've gone away
I think I lost some weight there
and I---I'm sure I need some rest
Sleeping don't come very easy
in a straight white vest
Should like to see that little children
She's only four years old---old
I'd give her back all of her play things
even, even the ones I stole
See my lonely life unfold
I see it everyday
See my lonely mind explode
when I've gone insane
I wanna get out of here
I wanna, I wanna get out of here
I gotta get out of here
I gotta get out of here
IgottagetoutahereIgottagetoutahere
Igottagetoutahere
Ya gotta let me out of here
Let me outta here
I gotta get outta here
Let me outta here
I gotta get outta here
Let me outta here
I gotta get outta here
See my lonely life unfold
I see it everyday
See my lonely mind explode
Blow up in my face
I grabbed my hat and I got my coat
and I, I ran into the street
I saw a man that was choking there
I guess he couldn't breathe
Said to myself this is very strange
I'm glad it wasn't me
But now I hear those sirens callin'
and so I am not free
I DIDN'T WANNA BE
I DIDN'T WANNA BE
I DIDN'T WANNA BE
(See my lonely life unfold)
I DIDN'T WANNA BE
(I see it every day)
LEAVE ME ALONE
I DIDN'T WANNA BE
DON'T TOUCH ME!!!!
See my lonely mind explode
when I've gone INSAAAANNNNE!
