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These Friends Of Mine Lyrics
These friends of mine, live their lives
Spend their time, hoping to find
Who they are and how they're made
Thought maybe they'd
Help to find the way
These friends of mine, they have lives
They work hard to live them right
And when they laugh, it makes me high
They'd take a train ten thousand miles
Before they'd fly
These friends of mine, they feel alone
When the shows are over, don't know where to go
In Philadelphia, at Christmastime
They question love
Wonder why they try
And when the show is over
How I hope that they discover
The joy that they bring
And I hope that they remember
This bond we have together
And how they love to sing
These friends of mine live in New York
They were raised in Michigan
They don't know things, they don't hold hands
They guard their hearts
The best they can
And when the show is over
How I hope that they discover
The joy that they bring
And I hope that they remember
This bond we have together
And how they love to sing
They sure love to sing
Maybe I needed this time
To be reminded for myself
Maybe I needed this time
To be reminded for myself
How I love to sing
Spend their time, hoping to find
Who they are and how they're made
Thought maybe they'd
Help to find the way
They work hard to live them right
And when they laugh, it makes me high
They'd take a train ten thousand miles
Before they'd fly
When the shows are over, don't know where to go
In Philadelphia, at Christmastime
They question love
Wonder why they try
How I hope that they discover
The joy that they bring
And I hope that they remember
This bond we have together
And how they love to sing
They were raised in Michigan
They don't know things, they don't hold hands
They guard their hearts
The best they can
How I hope that they discover
The joy that they bring
And I hope that they remember
This bond we have together
And how they love to sing
They sure love to sing
To be reminded for myself
Maybe I needed this time
To be reminded for myself
How I love to sing
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This is a very beautiful song, but sad. I'm thinking she's singing about her friends that moved away to big cities, such as Philadelphia and NY, for bigger and better careers and lives. But she notices that as they get wrapped up in their lives, deep down, there's not as happy like they were when they all lived in the same town (i.e. "when the shows are over, don't know where to go.") She's hoping that they'll be happy again, and that they won't forget about her or how much fun they had together.