You held my hand on a lonely mountain top I took your words to heart and they kept me from jumping off I took your photograph for a couple to whom you meant just as much as me We never talked, but somehow you scored my misery You were a friend of a friend of a friend And I can't wait to hear your voice again I held you close on a trans-atlantic flight Kept to attention by your stories through the night And on a summer's night in Camden you watched me take the stage to sing But you were gone before I could ask you anything You were a friend of a friend And one day I hope to shake your hand again And I won't forget what you did for me You'll never know the many ways you set me free It warmed my heart when you crossed my mind today And I hope some days you feel the same way We stayed up late in the grove beneath your bed And you wrote me songs that spoke to the voices in my head When I disappeared you were always there to help me through the night But when you left, I never got to say goodbye Oh you were a friend It'd feel so good to call you one again But I won't forget all you did for me You'll never know the many ways you set me free It warmed my heart when you crossed my mind today And I hope some days you feel the same way I said I hope some days you feel the same way