Around the corner I have a friend In this great city that has no end Yet the days go by and weeks rush on And before I know it a year is gone And I never see my old friends face For life is a swift and terrible race He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And he rang mine but we were younger then And now we are busy tired men Tired of playing a foolish game Tired of trying to make a name “tomorrow” I say ! I will call on him But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes Around the corner , yet miles away “ here’s a telegram sir “ : jim died today “ And that’s what we get and deserve in the end Around the corner, a vanished friend |