A Salute to Bernie

(I don't want to turn you out, you know)
(It makes me serious, it makes me feel like I'm unhappy)
(C'mon don't be afraid, ain't no monsters over there)
(It just seems that, it makes me feel like there's a monster)
(Don't turn the light off)
(Look at that, do you see what is it?)
(There's a monster over there)
(Don't turn the lights off)
Times are hard without the presence of you
Playin' your synthesizers, it doesn't matter how you do
It's hard to appreciate what you get when you've already got it
Until you're goin' to say hi, everybody
Hey Bernie, please don't go
Hey Bernie, you know we need you on the show
'Cause you're the keyboard player of the P-Funk, Bernie
And no one else can be just like you Bernie, yeah
You're a natural born talented
And of course you're just a great artist
Times are hard without the presence of you
Playin' your synthesizers, it doesn't matter how you do
It's hard to appreciate what you get when you've already got it
Until you're goin' to say hi, everybody
Hey Bernie, please don't go
Hey Bernie, you know we need you on the show
'Cause you're the keyboard player of the P-Funk, Bernie
And no one else can be just like you Bernie, yeah
You're a natural born talented
And of course a great artist
Hey Bernie, I do miss you
Hey Bernie, you've broken my heartbeat
Hey Bernie, you know I need you
Hey Bernie, for every time and every season Bernie
But you know, you're a stone cold and a kind of his own
I tell you that you're my brother like it's on the phone
I can't wait to see your face
In another time, in another space