All of My Friends Were There

[Verse 1]

My big day, it was the biggest day of my life

It was the summit of my long career

But I felt so down, and I drank too much beer

The management said that I shouldn't appear

I walked out onto the stage and started to speak

The first night I've missed for a couple of years

I explained to the crowd and they started to jeer

And just when I wanted no one to be there

[Chorus]

All of my friends were there

Not just my friends, but their best friends too

All of my friends were there to stand and stare

Say what they may

All of their friends need not stay

Those who laughed were not friends anyway

All of my friends were there to stand and stare

[Verse 2]

Days went by, I walked around dressed in a disguise

I wore a mustache and I parted my hair

And gave the impression that I did not care

But oh, the embarrassment, oh, the despair

Came the day, helped with a few large glasses of gin

I nervously mounted the stage once again

Got through my performance and no one complained

Thank God I can go back to normal again

[Chorus]

I went to that old cafe

Where I had been in much happier days

And all of my friends were there

And no one cared

Say what they may, all of my friends were there

Not just my friends, but their best friends too

All of my friends were there

Now I don't care