Old Friends/Bookends Lyrics

Catch a boat to England, baby, Maybe to Spain Wherever I have gone, Wherever I've been and gone Wherever I have gone The blues run the game Send out for whiskey, baby, Send ...Read Full Lyrics

Bad news, bad news!I heard you're packing to leave!I come arunning right over;I just couldn't believe it,I just couldn't believe it.Oh, baby, babyYou must be out of your mind.Do yo...Read Full Lyrics

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for longTime hurries on.And the leaves that are green turn to brown,And they wither with the wind,An...Read Full Lyrics

It's a still life watercolorOf a now-late afternoonAs the sun shines through the curtained laceAnd shadows wash the roomAnd we sit and drink our coffeeCouched in our indifference, ...Read Full Lyrics

He was a most peculiar man.That's what Mrs. Riordan said and she should know;She lived upstairs from himShe said he was a most peculiar man.He was a most peculiar man.He lived all ...Read Full Lyrics

I met my old lover on the street last nightShe seemed so glad to see me, I just smiledAnd we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beerStill crazy after all these...Read Full Lyrics

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for longTime hurries on.And the leaves that are green turn to brown,And they wither with the wind,An...Read Full Lyrics

Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit.Blessed is the lamb whose blood flows.Blessed are the sat upon, Spat upon, Ratted on,O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?I got no place to ...Read Full Lyrics

What a dream I had Pressed in organdy Clothed in crinoline Of smoky burgundy Softer than the rain I wandered empty streets Down past the shop displays I heard cathedral bells Tripp...Read Full Lyrics

Old friends, old friendsSat on their park bench like bookendsA newspaper blown through the grassFalls on the round toesOf the high shoes of the old friendsOld friends, winter compa...Read Full Lyrics