GOOD MAN DOWN


I.
I remember when I first met you.
It was in Study Hall, when we were only teens.
You criticized my clothing, and I thought:
“Who does this fool think he is?!?”

Little did I know right then that soon
we'd become so very tight;
laughing and chasing away our fears, on
starry desert party nights.
Yeah...

II.
You were the first to hear the call,
and to do a complete about-face.
I followed soon after.
We were caught up in
Divine frenzy's sweet embrace.

We did Mexico together.
Just like two rabbits on the run.
 Playing at matters far beyond our ken,
under the hot southwestern sun.

CHORUS:
But time and chance and distance,
ate away at our brotherly bond.
You went your way and I went mine,
and the years, they kept rolling on.
Every now and then I'd get news of you,
through a mutual friend.
I always believed you'd still be there waiting,
just around the bend.

III.
Recently I thought about you,
and how we'd once been such close friends.
It made me want to reconnect, and rekindle,
what once upon a time had been.

But you fell asleep at the wheel,
and on that dark and fatal night;
you left us all here in the land of the dying,
---stepped into eternal Light.

CHORUS:
Time and chance and distance,
ate away at our brotherly bond.
We were laid waste by distraction and responsibility,
till our opportunity was gone.
But now and then I still think of you;
my brother, my dear friend.
And I believe I will see you someday,
just around the bend.
Just around the bend.

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