Absent Friends
Words and music by Keith Hancock
Published by Gregsongs

Time heals wounds, they say,
And time takes the pain away.
I wonder why it never happened for me.
It's years since you went away,
But I miss you night and day.
Why you had to go is a mystery to me.

What seemed important then
Becomes trivial when
Fate deals the card
That forces your hand.
All the places we've been,
All the things we have seen,
No more in the future,
It just isn't planned.

It's all very strange,
But when you went, I changed.
It just seemed to happen
With the passing of each day.
I don't understand.
Is it part of a plan?
Does one person grow
When another fades away?

Time heals wounds, they say,
And time takes the pain away.
I wonder why it never happened for me.
It's years since you went away,
But I miss you night and day.
Why you had to go is a mystery to me.

Small things you do
Weave pictures of you.
They're printed for life
On the back of my mind.
I was always so sure,
Your life was so pure.
To the faults and the bad times
A loved one stays blind.

I always found,
When you were around,
You helped me with worries
And eased all my fears.
You always had time
For problems of mine,
A shoulder to cry on,
A listening ear.

Time heals wounds, they say,
And time takes the pain away.
I wonder why it never happened for me.
It's years since you went away,
But I miss you night and day.
Why you had to go is a mystery to me.

Shoh slaynt,

Bobby Bob