silversolitaire

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.