True Friends

MANY THINGS HAVE COME AND GONE
OVER THE YEARS
WE HAVE HAD MANY LAUGHS
AND SHED MANY TEARS

WE HAVE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES
AND WE HAVE HAD SOME TOUGH
BUT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE 
BY ME WHEN TIMES GOT ROUGH

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IN THE WORLD
I WOULD EVER DO
IF FOR SOME REASON 
I EVER LOST YOU

SOME FRIENDS COME AND GO
AND SOME ALWAYS REMAIN
NO MATTER IF I CHANGED SOME
OR IF I STAYED THE SAME

OVER THE YEARS YOUR FRIENDSHIP
HAS PROVED SO MANY THINGS
THAT YOU WILL STAND BESIDE ME
WHAT EVER LIFE BRINGS

A TRUE FRIEND WILL ALWAYS BE THERE 
NO MATTER WHAT THE CASE
AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE THAT
NO MATTER WHAT I HAD TO FACE

I HOPE AND PRAY YOU TRULY
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO ME
AND THAT IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU 
FOR MY FRIEND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'D BE

PLEASE ALWAYS KNOW THAT
WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY
I WILL BE HERE FOR YOU 
UNTIL MY VERY LAST DAY
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Freeman Avatar
July 20, 2009 at 10:35 PM
A beautiful declaration of love, seems the God kind, God Bless, Moses
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