we used to be friends

we used to be friends

a long time ago

I knew you when

we were both younger

when we still believed

we had something to live for

tricks up our sleeves

for life we had hunger

          do you remember

          the way we used to laugh

          how life used to carry us on

          for our own behalf

we used to be friends

we encouraged each other

time and time again

we drank from life's stream

I thought we'd grow old

I thought we'd discover

that fortunes were told

and that life was a dream

          do you remember

          the hopes we used to share

          were you ever surprised

          to learn we had nothing there

we used to be friends

I don't know the decisions

to tear us apart

I guess it was time

but it all seems unfair now

we had a collision

never knowing how

we knew the scene of the crime

          do you remember

          who we used to be

          now that you are gone

          now that you're history

we used to be friends

a long time ago

I knew you when

we were both younger