Old FriendCopyright 2006 Stan Lynessmid-tempo folk or country, male or female voice |
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Old friend, such a sight for sore eyes!
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Old friend, what a wondrous surprise!
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Put down your backpack, pull up a chair,
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pardon my slackjawed wide-open stare,
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and please excuse this goofy grin.
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Old friend of mine, welcome in.
Old friend, what's brought you this way?
Old friend, how long can you stay?
You've got some decades to tell me about!
Start where we left off, leave nothing out,
tell me everywhere you've been.
Old friend, welcome in.
BRIDGE:
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Last I heard, you were cycling for charities,
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chaining yourself to trees,
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or marching for peace?
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Didn't I hear you were hiking the Pyrenees,
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earning advanced degrees,
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or raising your family ?
Old friend, you can wash up through this door.
Old friend, in the meantime I'll pour
a couple of mugs of your current vice.
We'll toast to the loves and struggles of life
and to the lives that might have been.
My old friend, welcome in.
HALFBRIDGE:
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You ain't changed a bit since university;
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got all your hair I see -
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your turn now: lie to me.
Old friend, stay if you can.
Old friend, I understand.
Where do you plan on heading from here?
Stop in again if you're ever near.
Now before you disappear again,
Old friend, welcome in.