Old Friends / Like It Was

[Part I: Old Friends]

[Verse 1]
Hey, old friend
Are you okay, old friend?
Whaddaya say, old friend?
Are we or are we unique?
Time goes by
Everything else keeps changing
You and I
We get continued next week

[Verse 2]
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!

[Part II: Like It Was]

[Verse 1]
Charley
Why can't it be like it was?
I liked it the way that it was
Charley
You and me, we were nicer then
We were nice
Kids and cities and trees were nice
Everything...
I don't know who we are anymore
And I'm starting not to care

[Verse 2]
Look at us, Charley
Nothing's the way that it was
I want it the way that it was
Help me stop remembering then
Don't you remember?
It was good, it was really good
Help me out, Charley
Make it like it was

[Verse 3]
Charley
Nothing's the way that it was
I want it the way that it was
God knows, things were easier then
Trouble is, Charley
That's what everyone does:
Blames the way it is
On the way it was
On the way it never ever was...