I'll Never Have a Better Friend Than You
Just me playing some acoustic folk tunes
Hello. My name is Paul Heath. I'm a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer (submarine type) who is just trying to get a few tunes heard. Hope you like it!
Story behind the song
My thoughts on a life that has been affected by Alzheimers disease.
Lyrics
I grew up down by the river, no one there but me
I spent my days by the railroad tracks , nothing much to see
The trains rolled by and then were gone,
And I would just wander home
Hoping that someone would come and be a friend to me
You moved in just down the road back in 1964
Ma called out and said to me there is someone at the door
We played and swam and watched the trains
Through the Midnite hours and the pouring rain
I wish that we could do it all again before the night time comes.
CHORUS
Thanks for all the good times and the all the days to come
We have seen some bad times, we’ve had a lot of fun
Friends should last forever, Dreams they should come true
I’ll never have a better friend than the friend I have in you
Our teenage years they came and went, we were side by side
We fought at times but we laughed it off, it was quite a ride
Somehow we survived through Viet Nam
Then we made our way back home
In the blink of an eye, before you knew it, thirty years were gone.
We’ve lived our lives together, brothers in many ways
But that midnight fog is coming on, I have had my better days
Sitting here, we reminisce,
But it’s just not the same
I know you are my best friend, but I don’t even know your name
