Johnny lived next door to me and Paul lived down the block   We'd meet each day at my house sharp at six o clock   We'd race our bikes to school and Paul would always win   Johnny said that's cause were nine and Paul had just turned to ten   First day of high school on my way to my first class   Three football players said they wouldn't let me pass   I set my books down and I rolled up my sleeves and then I noticed there was two boys next to me      It was me and John and Paul   Best friends you ever saw   All for one and one for all   It was me and John and Paul      I wonder why they call it graduation day   Its more like a funeral or youth thats passed away   Pauls said he's leaving for the army in two weeks   Johnny said lets go to town and make the memories      It was me and John and Paul   Best friends you ever saw   All for one and one for all   It was me and John and Paul      Years later I heard Paul came back from the Gulf War   I flew up to Tennessee to visit him once more   It didn't shock me none to hear that he'd been brave   He'd lost his own life but another one was saved   I waited by a tree till everyone had left   I went up and said a prayer where my pal slept   And then I heard a voice I hadn't heard in years   I didn't need to turn around   I knew just who was there      It was me and John and Paul   Best friends you ever saw   All for one and one for all   It was me and John and Paul      It was me and John and Paul   Best friends you ever saw   All for one and one for all   It was me and John and Paul