She Was Once My Friend
Words and Music by Bill Richards
The vicar with his battered suitcase
Stops the paperboy to make sure
That it's Sunday, no-one else knows
Bicyles crash where the wind blows
Meanwhile on my window ledge
The silence sets my teeth on edge
People stare as though I'm jumping
Do they want to help or something
She was once my friend
Friends aren't made too fast
She was once my friend
A friend that didn't last
I regret those noisy adverts
Hurt my ears and spoil my shaving
Life is hard and life is hurried
Life is sometimes not for saving
Statement from the bank and open letters
That won't get replies
Tell them all I've lost a lover and a friend
And that was some surprise
She was once my friend
Friends aren't made too fast
She was once my friend
A friend that didn't last
The day she went away was not just any day
As I pass my weary eyes down pages
Packed with cultural interest
I recall the windswept waltz and midnight top
And things that we loved best
I would not ask many favours
Just the smiles and funny ways
While smells of burning, sounds of yearning muddle me
The bitter taste still stays
She was once my friend
Friends aren't made too fast
She was once my friend
A friend that didn't last
The day she went away was not just any day
She was once my friend, my friend for life
And what a life, believe me
She was once my friend, my friend for life
And what a life, and leave me
She was once my friend for life I'm crying
For a life so dying
She was once my friend, my friend for life
And what a life