Patrick Weathers - Old Friends, Old Times lyrics
rate meI had a best friend when I was a kid
We always got in trouble for the fun things we did
Stealin' Coke bottles to sell for a dime
The last time I saw him, he was still doing time
I knew this guy from the town up the road
We always got off on the songs that he wrote
He went to the city, he said to make it big
The last time I saw him was in "Time" magazine
I knew this actor when I was at school
He'd dress like Valentino and would dance in his room
Confusing his own mind with those Hollywood lies
The last time I saw him he had stars in his eyes
I had a partner when I lived on Barrone
We'd play Dixieland sometimes until dawn
He was the funniest human that I ever have known
But he left for the west coast with his case and trombone
Old Friends, Old Times
Life has a way of dividing these ties
We're caught in a traffic, it's push, shove and rush
But sometimes I wish it was still all of us
When I was eighteen, I fell in love
But somehow I lost her, guess that we were too young
She married a painter from somewhere in the north
Long after the last time that I saw her of course
Now if all of these moments could be trapped in a glass
Like trains in a tunnel, they would pass in a flash
There's so much competition and my life's on the line
So I have to turn back Babe from time unto time
Old Friends, Old Times
Life has a way of dividing these ties
We're caught in a traffic, it's push, shove and rush
But sometimes I wish it was still all of us
©2000 Patrick Weathers / BMI