Music by Lee McAboy, Lyrics by Sheila Kaufman
This song is about 2 friends who grew up together and forged a bond that could not be broken by time or distance.
I really don't remember
The day you moved to town,
But there you stood before the class
With your pigtails hanging down.
You were scared to walk alone
And so I took your hand
And walked you home on that first day
As if it had been planned.
Friends for a lifetime,
From that very day.
Friends for a lifetime,
How we loved to play.
You'd dress us up with capes and swords
And make brown paper crowns,
And you would be my princess
In your mother's dressing gowns.
We'd set the stage, put on the play,
And wait for the applause,
Out in our world of make believe,
No worries gave us pause.
Friends for a lifetime,
That's how it would start.
Playing games that children play,
Every day a holiday,
Friends for a lifetime,
We thought we'd never part.
Then one day you just grew up
Before my very eyes,
Unaware, or so it seemed,
Of my boyish sighs.
Walking home holding hands
Didn't feel the same.
Somehow now when we touched
It wasn't just a game.
Friends for a lifetime,
We both played our part
Friends for a lifetime,
That's when you stole my heart.
I took you to the Carnival
And won a cupie doll.
We had our fortunes told that day
And then you moved that Fall.
We'll be friends forever
Just like the Gypsy said
That day back at the Carnival
When we had our palms read.
Friends for a lifetime,
In my heart you'll stay
Friends for a lifetime.
To this very day.
Friends for a lifetime
No matter where we go.
Friends for a lifetime.
Though you may never know.
Copyright 2008© Lee and Sheila Music