Well I heard through the world you have travelled
News came by on the grapevine
So I hope you don't seem to be simple, no
Cos you were a good friend of mine

We were just friends back in schooldays
We shared cigarettes, girls and wine
You got lucky, came into some money
You were a good friend of mine

You know I left school to earn money
Things were not all versified
But you could afford to be еducated
You were a good friеnd of mine

Said I've worked like a slave till my dad died
Well mother and me, we went crying
We still paid out to the chaplain, oh Lord
You were a good friend of mine

Meet Mary my wife and the kids here
All our food, it came off the breadline
I guess you're what they call a gay bachelor, yeah
And you're still a good friend of mine

Oh you hear me, we will be together
We're gonna go to your place or mine
We don't need to live if we've had it all
And of course you're a good friend of mine, yeah