The Measure of a Friend

I find myself wondering, "What's a true friend?"

Mr. Smith has always been my best friend.  It has always been me and him against the world.  And then he got a job that took him away for long periods of time.  And he worked really long hours.  I didn't see him so much.

I got used to it.  And I started making new friends and doing new things.

Then he asked me to move to the other side of the world with him and it all sounded so cool and glamorous.  One by one, my friends got other new friends and I've been all but forgotten.  It doesn't seem so wonderful anymore.

Now I've only got Mr. Smith.

I realized that maybe Mr. Smith and I aren't the same people we once were.  Are we still best friends?  Is it still us against the world?  Can you go back?

No!  We shouldn't look back and mourn our past.  We both need to look forward to our next adventure as our new selves.  And always remember that we have each other's back, for better or for worse.

A Change is Gonna Come

I was born by the river in a little tent

Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me, "Don't hang around"

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother

And I say, "Brother, help me please"

But he winds up knockin' me

Back down on my knees

Oh there been times that I thought I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able to carry on

It's been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Songwriters
WHITE, TOM / WHITE, ALEX