“A Friend In You”
(23/10/04)© 2004 Brian Eggertsen, All Rights Reserved

We would lay on them tin roofs every night,
Looking at the stars.
Dreaming ‘bout what we’d be when we grew up,
And now here we are.
Twenty years later, and it seems as nothing’s changed.
But, we both know it has, although one thing remains the same.

You’re still my brother, you’re still my friend.
And if that’s all it comes down to in the end,
I know what I’d do…
I’m glad I got a friend,
In you…

Then there were the time with the playground flood,
Man, we jumped right in.
People would just stare at two crazy kids,
Swimming and diving
Do you remember! Back then we were such a cast?
Me, you and the rest, how time’s been moving too fast.

But, you’re still my brother, you’re still my friend.
And if that’s all it comes down to in the end,
I know what I’d do…
I’m glad I got a friend,
In you…

You talk about settling down,
With the girl of your dreams.
While I still roam around town,
In a thick haze of schemes.
I have known you ever since,
My heart learned how to beat.
After these years I’m convinced,
A friend’s easier to make then to keep…

You’re still my brother, you’re still my friend.
And if that’s all it comes down to in the end,
I know what I’d do…
I’m glad I got a friend,
In you…