"The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb"
SUBJECT: "and last and perhaps most important of all, Shazeb Andleeb." - Frank in the press kit for the album.
Sndleeb was a student murdered at Narbonne High School, which Frank used to attend. All reports of this online name the guy "Shazeeb Andleeb" (two E's in the first name).
"The high school football team, which I was believe it or not, too small
to play for.. I was real little then. They were called the Gauchos after the
Argentinian Gauchos because, of course, the high school was called Narbonne
High School after Narbonne, France. And I got a song here about a young Pakistani
student who also went there, much later in time than I did. His name was Shazeb
Andleeb, I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right, but it's too late now."
- Frank introducing the song on stage, 9/96
LYRICS:
And on this smoggy day / He tried to make his way / But odds were six to one
/ He had no chance to fight / He ascended into light / Light brighter than the
sun / Did you almost feel the pain? / It will never be the same / The desecration
of this glebe / He came from Pakistan / To the halls of Narbonne / This is the
last stand of Shazeb Andleeb
LIVE: yeah, 96
ACOUSTIC: yeah