Michael Feinstein - Old Friend

Old Friend
Michael Feinstein

Every time I've lost another lover
I call up my old friend
And I say, "Let's get together
I'm under the weather
Another love has come to an end."

And she listens while I tell her my sad story
And wonders at my taste in friends
And we ponder why I do it
And the pain of getting through it
And she laughs and says, "You'll do it again."

So we sit in a bar and talk 'till two
About life and love as old friends do
And tell each other what we've been through.
And love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change.

And I ask her if her life is ever lonely
And if she ever feels despair
And she says she's learned to love it
'Cause it's really all part of it
And it helps her feel the good times
When they're there.

Yes, we sit in a bar and talk 'till two
About life and love as old friends do
And tell each other what we've been through.
And love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change.

And we wonder if I'll live with any lovers
Or spend my life alone
And the bartender is dozin'
It's gettin' time for closin'
So we figure that I'll go it on my own.

But we'll meet the year we're sixty-two
And travel the world as old friends do
And tell each other what we've been through.
And love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change

Love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change.

Some Inspirations...

Enough of the pursuit of pleasure,
Enough of wealth and righteous deeds!

In the dark forest of the world
What peace of mind can they bring you?

-Ashtavakra Gita 10:7

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Say, "Humankind! The Truth has come to you from
your Lord. He that follows it for the good of his own
soul, and whosoever goes astray does so to his own
detriment. I am not a warder over you."

-Qur'an, Yunus, Surah 10:108

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Security is not the absence of danger, but the
presence of God, no matter what the danger.

- Anonymous