Absent Friends

Ocean green, water eternal 
Below the surf, currents flow
Curlew calls over Blackwater mudflat to the ocean road.
Whitechapel, Wapping and Africa dreams
Lives of adventure, stories and schemes
Roads that we walked, hand in hand
An unwritten book, things that we planned
Things that we planned

Sing, dance, Drink to their souls
Captured in youth, eternal, not old.
Laughter in song, you're part of us still
Not lost or forgotten, the Best of us all.

Kissed by love in the warmth of a day
Now apart, time took you away, 
Distance our reason to want,
The lust for our love grows even more. 
Wind carry thoughts, out to the sky
Grey clouds hiding where now they lie
Steal me a moment, brief, to reflect
Your time unchanging, a youth so perfect.

Picture in pocket, a memory clear. 
The truth in our hearts is drawing you near. 
In death, summer memories remain
Polaroid dreams, always the same
Always the same

Sing, dance, Drink to their souls
Captured in youth, eternal,not old.
Laughter in song, you're part of us still
not lost or forgotten, The Best of us all.

Sing, dance, Drink to their souls
Captured in youth, eternal,not old.
Laughter in song, you're part of us still
Not lost or forgotten
The Best of us all.