Anders Lim - A Vanished Friend

Around the corner
I have a friend
In this great city
That has no end

Yet the days go by
And weeks rush on
And before I know it
A year is gone

And I never see my
Old friends face
For life is a swift
And terrible race

He knows I like him
Just as well
As in the days when
I rang his bell

And he rang mine if
We were younger then
And now we are busy
Tired men

Tired of playing a
Foolish game
Tired of trying to
Make a name

'Tomorrow' I say 'I
Will call on Jim
Just to show that
I'm thinking of him”

But tomorrow comes
And tomorrow goes
And distance between
Us grows and grows

Around the corner
Yet miles away
'Here's a telegram sir
Jim died today”

And that's what we get
And deserve in the end
Around the corner
A vanished friend

Anders Lim

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