staring into space out my window
i've had three beers and i am alone
thinking about all of my old friends
what i know and what i don't all about them

and when i think back
i ask myself why they left
well maybe i left them
but i'd love to travel back to then

my oldest friend james he was trouble
always looked out for his pals until he lost them
he cheated on evie so she left him
then he tried it on with my mum so i followed

it was so long ago
and i know he's tried to reach me since
but i lost my nerve
though i wish no harm against him

then there was school kane and nick
i think nick's doing well we just drifted
but kane he got involved with one of my ex's
and the way he treated her i couldn't forgive

and yet in such a small town
where everybody mixes
i did the same to him
and dated his ex katie

just last christmas i visited the hospital
to see my friend harry and he looked so ill
he told me he's got a kid and she's only a few weeks old
and that we ought to catch up as soon as possible

but that never happened
and he's getting married tomorrow
and though i didn't get an invite
i'm sure that it wasn't personal

which brings me to luke and how i lost him
i thought he was closest to me more than anyone
but when i split with katie late one winter
luke swooped in to comfort her

and though i patched things up with katie
i never forgave luke
for hooking up with my girl
and leaving me destitute

then there is lou studying in lincoln
we made out twice in a club and then her living room
but we weren't a good match and i think our friendship
never managed to recover from it

but she dated my friend andy
and i couldn't hide my jealousy
and when they went their separate ways
i guess i did just the same

and how could i leave out hannah sammy and mollie
my three closest friends during my early teens
i thought that i kept the three of them together
but they all still hang out and i'm not there

and yet i'm so glad they kept touch
and that i never drove a wedge between them
i spose that all my old friends
fair better off in the distance

so many names forgotten or unmentioned
but i'm eight beers down and i'm late so i'm leaving
to meet sam and brian they're my new friends
i just pray that the same fate never meets them