Old Friends

Not for the first time I look back On all those years Not for the last time names will ring In my ear When there was just a gang of us Storming the town by train and bus A moment of thought this heart sends To old friends Not for the first time I look back On my first love Unable to speak or think or move Hand in glove But what of it now and where is he He who once meant so much to me Because we are not, I can't pretend Now old friends I was told love should hold old friends I was told love should hold old friends But when you leave you will close the door Behind you Don't we always And time won't make amends To old friends Standing here with my arm around you Life's moved on And all its borderlines Are being redrawn The winter has come the roads are white Everyone's home late tonight May we stay or will it depend As old friends In the end still old friends