Friend of mine, I can't undo the wrong
I could have given so much more than just these crazy songs
I walked down by the river and I thought of you today
You always seemed to understand the words I couldn't say

But when we'd sing together, those country harmonies
I never heard a sweeter voice come so easy and so free

Friend of mine at times you were so wise
With the sweet ways of a playful child with sorrow in your eyes
You came riding through, but your heart made you stay
I could muse some of your honesty now that you've gone away

But I can feel your footsteps walking here with me
I never heard a sweeter voice come so easy and so free

Friend of mine, singing to me now
I wanted to say I cared, I didn't quite know how
And driving on these dusty roads where we spent so many days
Your songs wrap close around me like a heavy summer haze

The coast of California holds me like your melodies
I never heard a sweeter voice come so easy and so free