Around the Corner i Have a Friend

Around the corner i have a friend.In this great city that has no end.
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before i know it, a year is gone.
And i never see my old friends face.

For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows i like him just as well.
As in the days when i rang his bell,
And he rang mine if we were younger then.
And now we are busy tired men,
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name,
"Tomorrow" i say "i will call on Jim".
Just to show that i'm thinking of him.
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.

Around the corner! - yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir " "Jim died today".
And that's what we get and deserve in the end
Around the corner a vanished friend.