One cloudy afternoon
We laughed as it was raining in the middle of June
Playing nothing and all too soon
Up showed the moon and it was time for you to go
The next day, you didn\'t show
Your daddy gave your eyes a colour that did not glow
The day after, you hid them so I wouldn\'t know
And I had hoped that it just didn\'t hurt too bad
I\'d never seen you sad
So I took you up a hill to see the stars
And I gave you my guitar
So it wouldn\'t gather dust
We both learned a couple bars
And some chords, though I was a bust
I was happy with the sight
Of that chilled and starry night
And lovely you, my only friend
You said you couldn\'t sing
It was nonsense, your voice could make the mountains ring
I told you so, you didn\'t believe a thing
Even when you bring me to tears with \'Vincent\'
You didn\'t know what it meant
To me when you were obviously not content
You just shrugged it without incident
And like that, you sent me on a quest to make you smile
And it worked for a while
When I said I liked your sad, sad songs
You argued I was wrong
I convinced you otherwise
I said that you belong
With the greats up in the sky
As thanks for smiling again
You wrote a son in my name
To that, I thank you, my only friend
I remember happier days
How they felt and never will again
Things have changed in many ways
I think of you every now and then
How like a broken clock, you would always write twice in a day
I always wanted to take you and show the world that light across your face
They called it a smile, I just called it by your name
To me, they were one in the same
And I can never see it again
Because, another everyday
Sun was shining, sky was blue, it was the month of May
Despite the colour, your day was grey
And they say they don\'t know why you got it done
You were not having fun
Pretending to live while being dead and gone
That was issue number one
In a list of twenty one that made you go
And I had to go and know
Your wonderful light that isn\'t there anymore
You were sick of being you
I do, and do not, understand
You were too sad to be blue
But you were wonderful and mad
To me, you were amazing
And I did a lousy job of saving
Lovely, lonely you, my only friend
I listen to that tune
You wrote for me, back when the flowers bloomed
And I think it\'s all too soon
But like a dune amidst the sand, you fell away
I\'ll see you again, someday
Although, some would likely up and say
Far too soon for my life\'s final day
But, what the hey, I miss you far too much to care
And, oh, how we would dare
To stay up all night just to gaze at the stars
You were everything to me
I never got to tell you
And you never got to see
You the way that I do
That\'s something I must change
My path, my final stage
My goal before the end
But I guess that until then
I\'ll watch the stars and sleep again
And to you, goodnight
My only friend