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

Spoke of living in England, changed your vocabulary

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

Sang for you and your redhead, surrounding your deathbed

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 when 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

And there was a time when 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

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