1983 one of the last days of December Just after Christmas just before New Year's Small town, we were bored, there was nothing to do In the evening we got quite drunk and we stole a boat and went for a trip on the lake And that was a bad idea Two of us got in a fight, one went overboard and within seconds he was gone You better stay away from me I'll drag you into crime You better stay away from me I was broken in my prime Don't believe a word I say I'm fake to the bone Don't you rely on me you're better off alone The next morning at the first break of day we went looking for him But there was no clue of him We didn't dare say anything And with his parents gone for the holidays no one was missing him A couple of days later winter really hit hard And the lake was covered with a thick layer of ice And a couple of months later when spring came and the ice melted away There was still no sign of him It was like he dissolved or had been eaten by some big fish You better stay away from me I'll drag you into crime You better stay away from me I was broken in my prime Don't believe a word I say I'm fake to the bone Don't you rely on me you're better off alone Just try for once to be straight and tell it to my face Would you believe in me? Just try for once to be straight and tell it to my face Would you believe in me? You better stay away from me I'll drag you into crime You better stay away from me I was broken in my prime Don't believe a word I say I'm fake to the bone Don't you rely on me you're better off alone You better stay away from me I'll drag you into crime You better stay away from me I was broken in my prime Don't believe a word I say I'm fake to the bone Don't you rely on me you're better off alone