(Steve Wagner)
Danny came home with a degree
And settled back in his old room
And I had a job on the tenth floor
Here in the town of my youth
And everyone else that I'd ever known
Found a good reason to move
So when Danny called up
And said "how 'bout a beer?"
I had nothing better to do.
Ten years ago we were in school
I was the friend of a friend
Chemistry books under his arms
Lord of the Flies in my hands
We weren't jocks and we weren't nerds
We were somewhere inbetween
No, we weren't stars - we were just extras
In some bad high school scene.
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Some friends are roads that take you onwards
Some friends are highways that bring you home
Then there are those who are the driveways
Who get you out the door on Fridays
That you would have spent alone.
He'd get me at eight and we'd head to this place
Out where the road turned to dirt
Then he'd have that beer and he'd disappear
Hot on the trail of a skirt
He wasn't that brave - the one thing that saved him
Was knowing a more frightened man
So I'd save his place and tell him "Go get her, Ace"
Then I would clap for the band
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An offer came through, and Danny agreed
And they flew him off to Hawaii
I knew that he left, but I overslept
And I never called to say goodbye
And I went to work, and I went to bed
And nothing seemed different at all
So isn't it strange that of all things
I would choose this to recall
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