Today a friend stopped by
from a time long passed
I can't even recall when I saw them last
But I was just pleased to see they were well
I'd been meaning to visit, stop by for a spell
But time slipped away much more often then not
For the most part a quick thought was all my friend got
& The minutes & hours & days just tolled on
& Before I got to it another friends gone
So I sit & I wonder as the years abate
Why we all miss loved ones when it's far too late
& Now I sit mourning in fits of anger
For time not spent with that Well Known Stranger
