[Verse 1]
Not for the first time I look back on all those years
Not for the last time names will ring in my ears
When there was just a gang of us
Storming the town by train and bus
A moment of thought this heart sends
To old friends

[Verse 2]
Not for the first time I look back on my first love
Unable to speak or think or move hand in glove
What of it now and where is he?
He who once meant so much to me
Because we are not, I can't pretend
Now old friends

[Bridge]
I was told love should hold old friends
I was told love should hold old friends
When you leave, you will close the door behind you
Don't we always
And time won't make amends
To old friends

[Verse 3]
Standing here with my arm around you, life's moved on
And all its borderlines are being redrawn
The winter has come, the roads are white
Everyone's home late tonight
May we stay or will it depend as old friends?
In the end, still old friends
[Outro]
Oh, old friends
Old friends
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh, old friends