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