Stuart A. Staples

Old Friends
It's not that I don't love youOr are tired of your waysI want you to knowThat's I'm always thinking of youYou know I'd take you with me Wherever I goBut I catch myself in the mirrorAnd I remember I gotta do something about my lifeFor I'm as empty as the clothes that I laidCrumpled where they fell to the floorI'm as empty as the ten green bottlesHanging in my mind from the night beforeAnd an ashtray full of moments Spent thinking about the things I Should have doneI say goodbye to another old friendYeah they stayed through thick and thinThrough the laughter and the tearsThrough every state that I've been inAnd I know they don't wanna hurt meBut I can see it in their eyesThat they're killing me so gentlySongtexteHow can I ever say goodbyeFor as young me we clattered through these streetsAnd how we hit this town runnin'And we were so sure of being us We flattened everything that stood in our pathNow I wake up and I have to find myselfThrough all the shit that once told me who I wasI say goodbye to so many old friendsHere I left them to the windAnd there ain't much point in chasingThe things you can never get back againBut there's still some life in this oneGive me a match and I'll reminisceOf a time when we were youngerAnd we were stealing our first crackAnd our thoughts had turned to dyingAnd we were unaware at the timeThat this ride it could ever fall....Could ever slow down to this time...For I've been drunk and stoned and feeling mellowAnd that's how I've been getting throughLooking at the blurry shapes around meThinking I knew more than I knewAnd it's not that i don't love youOr are tired your waysIf i could only take you with meIf i could only ease this pain Aus Songtexte Mania