I have a friend I never miss
I have a dream that comes true
and I do not notice the light that sneaks in
And I should think of change
and turn the other cheek
I only wait here until the darkness decides to disappear
I see everything I cast away
My simple excuse was that life is unusually good
At catching up with what you left behind
Babyface believes in his belief in himself
But that is something you will lose again
Again
Again
Again
Once we thought of travelling
Short notice, just set off
when every flight became a crash course in going under
I had a friend who called me sensitive
who maybe sensed me too well
but that version of Joakim has gone
I saw you in the park, your reddest of hair
The smell of the snow free cut grass spring
came like a storm in April, an immense
feeling of freedom heavier than sadness
This is something you will lose again
Again
You are a friend I have learned to miss
You are a dream under construction
I pretend to sleep but am awake when you sneak in
And we never went off to Memphis
Made no pilgrimage to the west
And that blind fanatical drive is something I miss
The dream of Graceland
Myth-starved children
The gates open and the ghost of Elvis
left standing in his boundless solitude
searching desperately for his lost integrity
That is something that will never come again
Again