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An American composer and lyricist
Stephen Sondheim - Old Friends Lyrics
This song from Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along
FRANK:
Hey, old friend
Are you okay, old friend?
What do you say, old friend?
Are we or are we unique?
Time goes by
Everything else keeps changing
You and I
We get continued next week
Most friends fade
Or they don't make the grade
New ones are quickly made
And in a pinch, sure, they'll do
But us, old friend
What’s to discuss, old friend?
Here's to us
Who's like us?
Damn few
CHARLEY:
So, old friend
Fill me in slow, old friend
Start from hello, old friend
I want the when, where, and how
Old friends
Do tend to become old habit
Never knew
How much I missed you till now
ALL:
Most friends fade
Or they don't make the grade
New ones are quickly made
Some of them worth something, too
But us, old friends
What's to discuss, old friends
FRANK:
Tell you something
Good friends point out your lies
Whereas old friends live and let live
MARY:
Good friends like and advise
Whereas old friends love and forgive
FRANK:
And old friends let you go your own way
CHARLEY:
Let you find your own way
MARY:
Let you off when you're wrong
FRANK:
If you're wrong
CHARLEY:
When you're wrong
MARY:
Right or wrong, the point is
Old friends shouldn’t care if you’re wrong
FRANK:
Should, but not for too long
CHARLEY:
What's too long?
FRANK:
If you’re wrong
CHARLEY:
When you're wrong
MARY:
The thing is
Old friends do leave their brands on you
But old friends' shouldn't compete
FRANK:
Old friends don’t make demands on you
CHARLEY:
Should make demands on you
FRANK:
Well, don't make demands you can't meet
CHARLEY:
Well, what's the point of demands you can meet?
MARY:
Well, there's a time for demands
Whether you meet them or not
ALL:
Hey, old friends
How do we stay old friends?
Who is to say, old friends
How an old friendship survives?
One day chums
Having a laugh a minute
One day comes
And they're a part of your lives
New friends pour
Through the revolving door
Maybe there's one that's more
If you find one, that'll do
But us, old friends
What's to discuss, old friends?
FRANK:
Here's to us
CHARLEY:
Who's like us?
MARY:
Two old friends
Fewer won't do, old friends
Gotta have two old friends
Helping you balance along
One upbraids you
For your faults and fancies
One persuades you
That the the one's wrong
ALL:
Most friends fade
Or they don't make the grade
New ones are quickly made
Perfect as long as they're new
But us, old friends
What's to discuss, old friends?
Here's to us
Who's like us?
Damn few
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