Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.

And I never see my old friend’s face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.

And he rang mine.
If, we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,

Tired of trying to make a name.
“Tomorrow” I say, “I will call on Jim.”
“Just to show that I’m thinking of him.”
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,

And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner! – Yet miles away,
“Here’s a telegram sir.”
“Jim died today.”

And that’s what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

Author unknown. If anyone has a proprietary interest in this story please authenticate and I will be happy to credit, or remove, as the circumstances dictate.

Thanks to Daren Bullock http://www.youthpages.org