Swore I Had a Friend

I swore I had a friend

Who swore it'd never end

At the secret spot

Behind the Amoco lot

But by November 3rd

I learned a brand new word

For "nothing stays the same"

I rhymed it with her middle name

And by November 6

I was back to my old tricks

'Cause that's my birthday

I swore a friend

And school is back in session

At least I dreamed that it seemed like it was

And this was my last question

If the sacred stasis was the basis

For the places we thought we should be

But I swore I had a friend

Where Opdyke used to end

And the fast food signs just blend

Into the secret word

That only once occurred

On the long drive home

Past the Silverdome

Where anyone could see

The broken light in me

Where the daylight used to bend

I swore I had a friend

And school is back in session

At least I dreamed that it seemed like it was

And this was my last question

If the sacred stasis was the basis

For the places we thought we should be

But I swore I had a friend

And school is back in session

At least I dreamed that it seemed like it was

And this was my last question

If the sacred stasis was the basis

For the places we thought we should be

But I swore I had a friend