Just A Kid

Just A Kid You were born in September the same month we finally met When no one we knew remembered we’d been gone last year You spoke of living in England, changed your vocabulary And got a girlfriend I still see every now and then We were just kids We moved into an apartment above a two car garage When neither one of us had ‘em it was overkill We’d go out drinking on Sundays, a love story in some ways My first best friend I’ll never see again Twenty years by your side You gave up your dream for mine It was a leap of a kind of faith I’d never known We sang for you and your redhead Surrounding your death bed Forty years in you were just a kid Now I’m all alone Out on the street Singing in the phone They’re looking at me And there was a time That I might have cared But this one’s for my best friend and he’s everywhere You had a million-watt smile You were a mess for a while You never showed up on time You were the best of them Your diamond heart was a lighthouse Without you the light’s out I’ll miss you forever and ever amen All that time chasing rainbows driving in the rain So much we had to learn from the pain of living You never got to get married and I hate where you’re buried You never got old You were just a kid Now I’m all alone Out on the street Singing in the phone They’re looking at me There was a time That I might have cared But this one’s for my best friend so let ‘em stare As I say your name And I kiss the sky And I feel no space between you and I I smile and weep Cause I know you’re there This one’s for my best friend and he’s everywhere Twenty years by your side What a beautiful ride Even though I’ve been crying I’d do it all again You did not have to ask me To remember you laughing You know that I did You were just a kid