Old Friends

I’ve got a picture of you and me From maybe 1982 You were 27 I was almost 22 We’re singing with somebody Who isn't in the frame Smiling at each other Matching every phrase Suspending notes that don't belong Seconds and sixths whatever we want And it feels like flying Always landing somewhere new Weaving a shared tapestry That’s what you and I do I was working the bar at open mike The night you came to town I’d heard about a girl Better than anyone around I got up and sang a tune While Robbie watched the bar Then the whole place got quiet For your voice and your guitar I remember us sitting on the floor Singing every song we knew Richard and Linda Thompson Gram and Emmylou We could tell each other anything And we still do Keeping our shared secrets That’s what good friends do And if I’d never met you So much I never would have done All those gigs you got me All those great country songs The record we made Gave me this path I’m on The way you showed all the guys A girl could sing and write a song And as it sometimes goes We went separate ways Who was right and who was wrong Neither one of us can say And it doesn't matter now It was so long ago Like water under the bridge Life flows where it must go So here we are in your hotel room Singing Gram and Emmylou 20 years 20,000 roads Have brought me back to you Older a little wiser Than back in 1982 Sharing a history That’s what old friends do Sharing a history That’s what old friends do