Again Dear Friends

Growing older and we're semi functional Age has set up a distracting drive Looking back at where we came from Just us kids trying to survive Started singing with the best of intentions You grabbed a guitar and made it sound better And we're playing along, Making a song Packed like sardines in that basement Tried so hard just to make it work Swear I can't remember ever hating it But that's memory in patchwork Four kids spending so much time there None of it felt like a waste And we do what we can, We're a functional band We were killing time and loving life We were killing time and loving life We were killing time and loving life Some sense of order, An adolescent drive Here's to you And all the other ones that got me through That was everything to me All the faces Time won't let them be replaced They were my reality Months have passed and we were at least adequate Showing up for the best of friends Rock and roll for the upstart revelry Showing off our odds and ends Groups of kids screaming for a reason Singing back to all my kin And we're are losing control, And it's keeping us whole All those bands and music blaring Break us down with the best of plans From their hearts they gave us vision Never leaving us feeling less than A family we cheered for each other Long gone but never lost to time We were a part of the scene, messed up on caffeine We were killing time and loving life We were killing time and loving life We were killing time and loving life Some sense of order, An adolescent drive Here's to you And all the other ones that got me through That was everything to me All the faces Time won't let them be replaced They were my reality Seems like decades ago now And I've become someone new Still the past has a way of sneaking up Reminds me how we made it through it all Here's to you And all the other ones that got me through That was everything to me All the faces Time won't let them be replaced They were my reality