Stephen Kalinich: Goodbye My Friend

GOODBYE MY FRIEND
Dedicated to my friend
Jerry Dunphy

YOU SAW THE GOOD IN ME
YOU UNDERSTOOD.
YOU BELIEVED IN ME
WHEN NO ONE WOULD.
YOU SAW POTENTIAL
I DID NOT EVEN SEE.
YOU WERE ALWAYS KIND TO ME.
CHORUS:
GOOD BYE GOOD BYE
MY FRIEND
THIS FRIENDSHIP THAT WE SHARE
WILL NEVER END.
IT WILL GO ON
FOR ETERNITY-
YOU AND ME
GOODBYE GOODBYE MY FRIEND
WE SAT UP MANY NIGHTS
WRITING VERSE AND POETRY.
WANTING TO LEAVE OUR THOUGHTS
FOR ALL POSTERITY.
WE WERE GUIDED BY
AN INNER MELODY.
WE LOVED AMERICA
THE JOY THAT IT COULD BRING.
WE ATE LATE DINNERS AFTER THE NEWS
OUR SPIRITS USE TO SING.
GOODBYE GOODBYE GOODBYE
JUST TO THINK ABOUT YOU
MAKES ME CRY.
BUT THE TEARS ARE NOT JUST SADNESS
AND PAIN.
THEY ARE TENDERNESS
THAT MAKES ME WANT TO LIVE AGAIN.
YOUR LIFE WAS A TESTAMENT
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
YOU REACHED OUT
THROUGH THE ADVERSITY.
YOU TOUCHED HUMANITY.
CHORUS:
GOOD BYE GOOD BYE
MY FRIEND
THIS FRIENDSHIP THAT WE SHARE
WILL NEVER END.
IT WILL GO ON
FOR ETERNITY-
YOU AND ME
GOODBYE GOODBYE MY FRIEND
(optional)
WE WROTE A SONG
IN THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL
WE CLOSED THE PLACE DOWN.
WE DID IT WELL.
YOU ALWAYS PUSHED ME
TO EXCEL.
THEN WE WENT OUT
AND RAISED SOME HELL.
CHORUS:
GOOD BYE GOOD BYE
MY FRIEND
THIS FRIENDSHIP THAT WE SHARE
WILL NEVER END.
IT WILL GO ON
FOR ETERNITY-
YOU AND ME
GOODBYE GOODBYE MY FRIEND

WHEN I WAS SICK AND AFRAID
WHEN NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE.
WHEN MY RELATIONSHIPS FELL APART
YOU WERE THERE.
YOU LISTENED
AND DID NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
WE TALKED IT THROUGH.
CHORUS:
GOOD BYE GOOD BYE
MY FRIEND
THIS FRIENDSHIP THAT WE SHARE
WILL NEVER END.
IT WILL GO ON
FOR ETERNITY-
YOU AND ME
GOODBYE GOODBYE MY FRIEND
YOU WERE STRONG
COURAGEOUS AND SWEET.
YOU WERE A MANS MAN.
YOU DID NOT SKIP
A BEAT.
YOU WERE FULL
OF LIFE AND ENERGY.
YOU WERE HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD.
YOUR FRIENDSHIP
WAS ONE OF GENEROSITY.
CHORUS:
GOOD BYE GOOD BYE
MY FRIEND
THIS FRIENDSHIP THAT WE SHARE
WILL NEVER END.
IT WILL GO ON
FOR ETERNITY-
YOU AND ME
GOODBYE GOODBYE MY FRIEND