Distant Memory

I came across a distant memory A dear old friend who once was close to me We lived our teenage years so long ago And to see him there, well, it set my heart aglow We hadn’t spoken for so many years Yet the warmth allayed my apprehensive fears I imagined we’d be strangers from our youth And we’d strive for things to say, to tell the truth Losing touch was such an awful shame His face was old, although it looked the same As years go by you somehow grow apart There’s still no reason friendships can’t restart We talked about the present and the past And got answers to the questions that we asked After all these years we didn’t have to try Because the conversation never seemed to dry We laughed about our lives back in the day And how some guys stayed and others moved away About the pipedreams that we had away back then And what we’d do if we had that time again These friendships grow important as we age Every passing day, life turns a brand new page Those connections that we forge are filled with care So hold them to your heart and keep them there