I thought I would share the first song to have blossomed from this strange experience. I wrote this yesterday and today. It will still need some tweeking before its done, but its has a nice feel to it so far.

Friends
by Mike Campbell � 2006
                                
When problems are many and troubles are deep,
And life seems like darkness and blight.
It's the friendships we've formed that will help see us through,
Good friends never waver in shining their light.
        So lift up your glasses and give a good cheer,
        Our friends form the rock where we stand,
        And friendship is worth a good song and a beer,
        Its our friends that make living so grand.

I'm a lucky old fellow, I've friends by the score,
And they're all the most wonderful kind.
They stand by me whenever the wolf's at my door,
And they don't seem to care when I'm losing my mind.
        So lift up your glasses and give a good cheer,
        Our friends form the rock where we stand,
        And friendship is worth a good song and a beer,
        Its our friends that make living so grand.

(Instrumental break)

Friends of fair weather are easy to find,
But they're there only when times are high.
It's the friends that stick by you in hurricane winds,
They're the ones you should measures friends by.
        So lift up your glasses and give a good cheer,
        Our friends form the rock where we stand,
        And friendship is worth a good song and a beer,
        Its our friends that make living so grand.

(Repeat chorus ad nauseum)



Thanks once again to all my friends at Mudcat.
Mike.