Ronnie Song - Tim Barry

Best friends day, well, it came and went

And not without incident

On the hill they’re all moving in

But I don’t care much

I’m dodging branches from Maple trees

They’ve stolen heavy and steady sleep

They seized every city street

With tuition bought full dirt

And I sat at the river with Ronnie

Watching the Cormorants

And the Osprey diving for their prey

He asked about old friends

I said, I ain’t seen none of them

He’s said, they’re all transient, man

And their footprints they washed away

Still I walk this town

Hoping to get lost some how

It seems by now though I’ve smoothed a path in every side walk

It’s all painted black and gold

Black tar where once stood homes

Gold in the hand of each student based franchise

And I sat at the river with Ronnie

Watching the Cormorants

And the Osprey diving for their prey

He asked about old friends

I said, I ain’t seen none of them

He said, how’d you get here, man?

And why’d you stay?

Come on brother, let’s make a list

Of all those gone that we still miss

Let’s make a list of what they believed

And we still do

Like living first and working last

And beating the day before it’s past

Like what’s mine is yours, man

And what’s yours is mine

I think I’ll stay here getting older

And angrier

And getting louder with each passing day

And think about old friends

And all that I have learned from them

They may have moved on, man

But we’ll all be gone someday