Good Friend of Mine

Well I heard that the world you have travelled**
 News came by on the grapevine
 So I hope you don't seem to be simple, no
 Cause you were a good friend of mine
 We were just friends back in schooldays
 Shared cigarettes, girls and wine
 You got lucky, came into some money
 You were a good friend of mine
 You know I left school and earned money
 Things went by **
 But you could afford to be educated
 You were a good friend of mine
 Said I've worked like a slave till my dad died
 Mother and me, we went crying
 Still ** to the chaplain, oh Lord
 You were a good friend of mine
 ** married my wife in the kitchen
 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
 Now you hear me, we will be together
 Goin' to your place or to mine
 We don't need to ** that we have it all
 And of course you're a good friend of mine
 I said we're healthy, my my my
 You're still a good friend of mine