A song about my first love and one of my oldest friends, .  I lost track of her for many years after college and I didn't think that I

 would ever see her again.  And then one evening, twenty years later, just as my life was falling to pieces... the telephone rang...

 

Friends for Life  

Thirty-three years
It doesn't seem that long ago
Who you were before is someone I'll never know
'cause I met you just after the fall
Those snowless winters bore down hard
When we were small

Your fearless beauty
That what amazes me
But I just can't believe all that I didn't see
I was so fragile then
You could have blown me away
But why didn't I see the darkness that you hid away

I saw you then as clear as I saw anyone
But the changes time would bring had only just begun

If I'd had my way I would have been the one
But dreams are things that often seem to come undone
And things can change as quickly as the turning of a knife
That is when you need a friend for life

And now I've lost my family, I've lost my home
Like a dream you voice appears on a telephone
You talk as if the years between us are not there
So you 've found happiness...
And now you want to share

Well now I see you clearer than I've ever done
And I will know you better in the years to come

If I'd had my way I would have been the one
But that was just a dream I dreamed when we were young
I'll never be your lover
You'll never be my wife
But I will always be your friend for life
 John Boehmer    © 2002