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