When We Were Tight

Took an old memory out and cried a little Seems time has taken its toll Remembered drag racing on the stretch Beer party down at Devil’s Hole Pack of Luckies at Dutch Hill Park Campfire in the Pines late at night Like blood brothers, times were fun Long ago when we were tight Loved your sister, boyhood crush You had my back in the street that night Took him down when he pulled the knife Friends forever when we were tight Acme lot late one Saturday Two girls, some Thunderbird wine About two steps out of our mind Throwing up, not feeling too fine Adulthood arrived going separate ways The ocean called and times were changing Lost touch in those turbulent years Seems the world was rearranging I’ll stay crazy till my dying years Now no longer part of the fight But I still look back and smile About long ago when we were tight Learned you had passed while still young Felt some pain as my mind raced back That beat up Ford, see you Friday Running now on a different track Sometimes I get a little melancholy Through blood shot eyes in the morning light The girls, the booze and the wild times Long ago, back when we were tight