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 paid out to the chaplain, oh Lord
You were a good friend of mine
Meet Mary my wife and the kids here
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