Goodbye Old Friends

Goodbye, old friends The day has fled and zero hour is nigh, my friends For who knows when The three of us will sit together here again So let's pour another glass there and we'll watch the sun slip low And we'll raise a toast of friendship made so many years ago It seems so strange When we were young, we thought that things would never change We're older now And here we are, we've made it through the years somehow Ah, we can't replace the friendships that we forged when we were young Ones that pick up from the place where they, so carelessly, were flung Goodbye, may the road rise with you Goodbye, may the breeze fly with you Goodbye, goodbye Think of me and drink to me sometimes Some friends you lose For careless things are said and done that wound and bruise We're all to blame And yet we do it to each other just the same For a friend can make you weep as much as any lover can While some others merely reach the end of their allotted span Friends come and go Who knows why friendships fade and die while others grow But one or two Can never ever be replaced by someone new And by now, we can distinguish what is false and what is real And we'll bind the true and trusted to our hearts with hoops of steel Goodbye, may the road rise with you Goodbye, may the breeze fly with you Goodbye, goodbye Think of me and drink to me sometimes Goodbye, may the road rise with you Goodbye, may the breeze fly with you Goodbye, goodbye Think of me and drink to me sometimes