My old friend, I recall
The times we had are hanging on my wall
I wouldn't trade them for gold
'Cause they laugh and they cry me and somehow sanctify me
And they're woven in the stories I have told
And tell again

My old friend I apologize
For the years that have passed since the last time, you and I
Dusted off those memories
But the running and the races and the people and the places
There was always somewhere else I had to be
And time gets thin, my old friend

Don't know why, don't know why
Don't know why, don't know why

My old friend this song's for you
'Cause a few simple verses was the least that I could do
To tell the world that you were here
'Cause the love and the laughter will live on long after
All of the sadness and the tears
We'll meet again, my old friend

Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

My old friend
My old friend
Goodbye, goodbye