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SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY (IN THE SHADOW OF A FRIEND)

(T. Beechey)



Somewhere maybe far away

Or really close at hand

I'll find the key to yesterday

And come to understand

That now and then are opposite

And together cannot blend

That's the time I'll choose to sit

In the shadow of a friend



Somewhere maybe far away or in a passing thought

I'll find the key to yesterday and all the lessons taught

So that I will not repeat what fate shall recommend

And bask in glows so calm and sweet in the shadow of a friend



Somewhere maybe far yesterday

Or but a dream apart

I'll find the key to yesterday

Then finally I may start

To reclaim all that I have lost

To those I chose to lend

And then I'll total up the cost

In the shadow of a friend



Somewhere maybe far away or right before my face

I'll find the key to yesterday that hopefully can erase

Every misplaced circumstance and the message they do send

Which will allow for another chance in the shadow of a friend



Somewhere maybe far away

Or just beyond the rise

I'll find the key to yesterday

And sort the truth from lies

Then I'll know I did belong

And perhaps reverse the trend

There's no way I can be wrong

In the shadow of a friend



Somewhere maybe far away or in retrospect

I'll find the key to yesterday and maybe I'll connect

All the dots and broken lines upon which my dreams depend

For, when I do, my life refines in the shadow of a friend



Somewhere maybe far away

Or as each line is penned

I'll find the key to yesterday

To make the memories end

Then, at last, I'll finally say

That I'll be glad to spend

Just a moment or two to stay

In the shadow of a friend



Somewhere maybe far away or in a future passed

I'll find the key to yesterday and find myself at last

Where any trail I choose to roam shall neither break nor bend

Until I make it safely home in the shadow of a friend