Old Friend - Michael Feinstein

Love is rare, life is strange

Nothing lasts, people change

Every time I lost another lover

I call up my old friend

And I say let’s get together

I’m under the weather

Another love has come to an end

And she listens as I tell her my sad story

And wonders at my taste in friends

And we ponder why I do it

And the pain of getting through it

And she laughs and says, «You'll do it again»

But we sit in a bar and talk till two

'Bout life and love as old friends do

And tell each other what we’ve been through

Our love is rare, life is strange

Nothing lasts, people change

And I ask her if her life is ever lonely

And if she ever feels despair

And she says she’s learn to love it

'Cause that’s really all part of it

And it helps her feel the good time when they’re there

Yes, we sit in a bar and talk till two

About life and love as old friends do

And tell each other what we’ve been through

Our love is rare, life is strange

Nothing lasts, people change

And we wander if I live with any lovers

Or spent my life alone

And the bartender is dozing

And it’s getting time for closing

So we figured that I’ll go out on my own

But we’ll meet the year was '62

And travel the world as old friends do

And tell each other what we’ve been through

Our love is rare, life is strange

Nothing lasts, people change

Love is rare, life is strange

Nothing lasts, people change

Old friend