[Verse 1]
There was a time a word had weight
You shook a hand, you knew where you stood
A friend didn't ask what you had to give
He just showed up when he knew he should
You didn't have to say you were hurting
Somebody saw it in your face
Yeah, I still remember how it felt
Back in those long gone days
[Verse 2]
Now everybody's got their reasons
Everybody's keeping score
They come around when they need something
Then forget which way leads to your door
And when they leave you cut and bleeding
They'll swear you handed them the blade
God, I miss the way we used to be
Back in those long gone days
[Chorus]
Long gone days
Where the hell did you go?
When a friend knew your heart
Without needing to know
What was in it for them
What there was to gain
We stood in the fire
We walked through the rain
Now my world gets smaller
With every passing year
And the things that meant something
Just disappear
Yeah, I still hear the sound
Of a better time and place
Calling me back
To those long gone days
[Verse 3]
Maybe age just pulls the curtain
Shows you what you couldn't see
Some people love the things you give them
More than they ever loved me
I've watched a hundred friendly faces
Turn when I had nothing left to trade
And I learned the price of knowing truth
In these long gone days
[Bridge]
I don't need a crowd around me
I don't need a hundred names
Give me one who sees I'm breaking
Before I have to explain
One who sits there in the silence
When there's nothing left to say
Maybe that's what I keep searching for
From those long gone days
[Guitar Solo]
[Final Chorus]
Long gone days
I know you ain't coming home
The older I get
The more I walk alone
Everybody wants something
Everybody takes
Then hands you back the pieces
Of the promises they break
Yeah, my world gets smaller
Maybe that's just age
Or maybe we forgot the meaning
Of the words we used to say
Either way, I still remember
And I'll carry to my grave
What it meant to call someone a friend
In those long gone days
[Outro]
Friend used to mean something...
I remember.
Yeah...
I remember those days.
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