[Verse 1]

My old friend, I recall

The times we had hanging on my wall

I would not trade them for gold

Because they laugh and they cry me

Somehow sanctify me

They are woven in the stories I have told

And tell again

[Verse 2]

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

The people and the places

There is always somewhere else I had to be

Time gets slim, my old friend

[Interlude]

Do not know why, do not know why

Do not know why, do not know why

[Verse 3]

My old friend, this song is for you

Because a few simple verses

Was the least that I could do

To tell the world that you were here

Because the love and the laughter

Will live on long after

All of the sadness and the tears

We will meet again, my old friend

[Outro]

Goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye, goodbye

My old friend, my old friend

Goodbye, goodbye