Fish - Dear Friend Lyrics
(dick/boult/simmonds)Dear friend, its been a long, long whileIve been meaning to write youBut it was never my styleBut what is these days now Im a family man.Do you blow sincere kisses to mistressesSecrets in afternoons?Do you wear your disguises, feign the surprises,At the questions she asks when she dares to accuse?Does your past lie under a dustsheet,In the corner of a musty garage?Thats where I keep mine, now Im a family man.Are your horses still running whenThe bookies shop close?Is the band still together, did you everGet on the road?We chased the same women, we drankThe same beer.We came as a pair when we ran around hereHow are you these days, now youre a family man?Buy a drink for the boy in my placeAt the end of the barGive my regards to nina, slam a tequila,Ill write you at christmas or Ill send you a card,And if you pass by youre welcome to drop inAnd see me cos its unlikelyIll be round your way, cos Im happy to be,Where I am, living life as a family manDo you still have your leathers,Or did you give them away?Do you still dream of joni and sidewalk cafes?Is your norton still running, is the old man still alive?Do you still get to dalkeith, is your rent still as high?But I suppose youve a mortgage, now youre a family man.Dear friend, its been a long, long whileIve been meaning to write you,But it was never my style.But what is these days, now Im a family man.
