Raise a Cup to the Old Friends

Lyrics

We sat out on the canteen steps
With guitars and paper cups
Wrote our songs on napkins
Sang them to the pups
Of the stray cats by the car park
Who never seemed to mind
Our crooked harmonies and our hopes
Of the world we'd find

Raise a cup to the old friends
Who knew us when we were young
Raise a cup to the songs we wrote
And the choruses we sung
Though the years have gone like swallows
And the roads have pulled us far
Raise a cup to the old friends
You're still the best of who we are

Now there are grey hairs in the photos
And the phone calls come less
But when we gather round the table
Time forgets to press
Somebody finds a chord we knew
And we start again
Voices a little rougher now
But the same old refrain

Raise a cup to the old friends
Who knew us when we were young
Raise a cup to the songs we wrote
And the choruses we sung
Though the years have gone like swallows
And the roads have pulled us far
Raise a cup to the old friends
You're still the best of who we are

Thank you for the lending
Of a shoulder and a tune
For the long and patient listening
Under a hanging moon
Whatever comes tomorrow
Whatever time may take
We keep these songs between us
And we'll sing for old time's sake

Raise a cup to the old friends
Who knew us when we were young
Raise a cup to the songs we wrote
And the choruses we sung
Though the years have gone like swallows
And the roads have pulled us far
Raise a cup to the old friends
You're still the best of who we are

Raise a cup to the old friends
You're still the best of who we are