Some of my old friends are here   The light isn't good but their outlines are clear   I'm talking of solitude, silence and doubt   I try to escape them, they soon found me out   Some of my old friends are here      Some of my friends call today   They knew without asking I've thrown it away   My thought, word or deed almost likely all free   The person to run my affairs isn't me   Some of my friends call today      This smile may try to say we never guess   But they knew I lie by pretending   My world wasn't ending   I'm free but it's all for the best      One of my best friends is gone   Not knowing I watched her walkout where upon   The words I've been crazy to hold back before   Came crashing like waves on a white empty shore   And no one has ever loved anyone more   One of my best friends is gone      The words I've been crazy to hold back before   Came crashing like waves on a white empty shore   And no one has ever loved anyone more   One of my best friends is gone