Music and Lyrics by Alastair Moock ©2002 Moockshake Music
I had a friend named Jack, wore his life on his back
And where the road did jag, something else went in his bag
He walked right out of sight, I lost him in the night
And I wonder if he’ll ever wander back into my life
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Old friends I’ve lost along the way
I wish it wasn’t so, but sometimes that’s how it goes
Sometimes the rope just slips away
And that someone that I’ve known becomes somewhere elseward blown
I had a friend named Jess who slanted to her left
Her angle to the ground didn’t match others around
One day she slanted off and I lost her in the toss
I still think about her angle, that’s a cute friend that I lost
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My aunt just passed away and I ain’t too proud to say
That her death wasn’t the start of our slow drifting apart
And when her death came on, I was many miles gone
And it’s hard to fight the feeling that there’s something I did wrong
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My friend Jack went away and I miss him every day
His memory’s all I got, but even memories get forgot
Life’s a big typhoon, people come and go too soon
They appear just like the moon, then they’re gone like Brigadoon
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