Friends

[Verse 1]
There is really nothing left to say
Yet so many words unspoken
You and I both know that I am going away
Keep the bridges open
The least we can do is take comfort in knowing
I'm going in capable hands

[Chorus]
So cross your heart and make a pact
Promise not to take it back
Friends

[Verse 2]
He recalls the morning that she moved in
He was four years old
A girl in the neighbourhood, I just can’t win
She’ll simply have to go
But it wasn’t long before they became strong
Stood together through thick and through thin

[Chorus]
He said, cross your heart and make a pact
Promise not to take it back
Friends

[Bridge]
They don’t know what happened
They were too busy laughin’
One day they turned 49
She said, "You’re still a handsome man
And I can still remember when
We slipped away that night
Like the wind on the ocean
We took a notion
To seize the moment and run
We danced through the years
Lived out dreams and through tears
And we never stopped lovin’, not once."

[Verse 3]
In a quiet room in Calgary
An old man bends down on his knees
Her eyes fall closed
He lays his hand upon her hair and softly whispers
"Do you really have to go?
The next time we meet you’ll be young and as free
As the day that this whole thing began."

[Chorus]
So I’ll cross your heart and make a pact
Promise not to take it back
Now and forever
Oh, friends