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Confirm the dream, old friend,

With many a compadre and desperado.

Confirm the laugh, mi amigo,

The smile of an aficionado.

Travel with me in time

With Juan, big Mike and Julio

When we played guitars and sang songs

We heard on an old transistor radio.

Remember the times we dined

On beans, cheese, a soft taco

Served up with reveries and memories

Of good times we had in old Mexico.

Recall the fellowship of familiarity,

Companionship with our fellows,

Traveling down life’s arduous path

Against cloudless skies of indigo.

Feel within your heart the swell

Of silent affections we yearned to know.

Remember memories of paths traversed

Upon which we can no longer go.

Salute those we knew who died

Singing a sad song of sorrow

And went out beaming a smile

Having no delusions of tomorrow.

Sing a song of languid longing

For misspent youth squandered years ago

As dreams long forgotten in life

Are recalled at death by friends who know.