Well I heard that the world you have travelled** News came by on the grapevine So I hope you don't seem to be simple, no Cause you were a good friend of mine We were just friends back in schooldays Shared cigarettes, girls and wine You got lucky, came into some money You were a good friend of mine You know I left school and earned money Things went by ** But you could afford to be educated You were a good friend of mine Said I've worked like a slave till my dad died Mother and me, we went crying Still ** to the chaplain, oh Lord You were a good friend of mine ** married my wife in the kitchen All our food it came off the breadline I guess you're what they call a gay bachelor, yeah And you're still a good friend of mine Now you hear me, we will be together Goin' to your place or to mine We don't need to ** that we have it all And of course you're a good friend of mine I said we're healthy, my my my You're still a good friend of mine