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Around the Corner
  
by Henson Towne
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 friend's 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 
If, 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 Jim" 
"Just to show that I'm thinking of him." 
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, 
And distance between us grows and grows.
  
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.
  
 
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