GENESIS - For Absent Friends lyrics

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Sunday at six when they close both the gates

A widowed pair

Still sitting there

Wonder if they're late for church

And it's coldso they fasten their coats

And cross the grassthey're always last.

Passing by the padlocked swings

The roundabout still turning

Ahead they see a small girl

On her way home with a pram.

Inside the archway

The priest greets them with a courteous nod.

He's close to god.

Looking back at days of four instead of two.

Years seem so few (four instead of two).

Heads bent in prayer

For friends not there.

Leaving twopence on the plate

They hurry down the path and through the gate

And wait to board the bus

That ambles down the street.