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Hey Old Friend


Hey old friend, I'm glad you're doin fine 
Thought I'd stop in just to drop a line  
Heard you were worried Bout my life 
Guess you heard people didn't treat me right 
Hey old friend, did you forget 
What you did to me, do you regret? 
Cause though other people did worse to me 
What you did still hurts anyone can see 
 
But hey, hey I'm doin better now 
And I, I don't need you around 
Cause time heals all wounds 
The scars are what remain 
Simply to remind me 
I survived the pain 
And that I get to say after all of this strife 
I didn't give up 
On my life. 
 
Hey old friend, I heard you wrote a song 
That it was about me but the lyrics are wrong 
Is it your memory is off, are you just spreading lies 
Let me just remind you through your story revised 
Hey old friend you once said to me 
If I gave you a chance that I would see 
You were not a player, still you proved to be 
Love's fairly simple, but not with you, guaranteed 
 
But hey, hey I'm doin better now 
And I, I don't need you around 
Cause time heals all wounds 
The scars are what remain 
Simply to remind me 
I survived the pain 
And that I get to say after all of this strife 
I didn't give up 
On my life.
 
But you, you made it out to be 
That I was a fool and that you helped me
There's one thing that we can both agree on 
You didn't do me justice but now I'm free 
 
Cause time heals all wounds 
The scars are what remain 
Simply to remind us 
We survived the pain 
And that we get to say after all of this strife 
(Thank God) 
We didn't give up 
On our lives 
Oh yeah I didn't give up 
On my life 
I didn't give up on my life 
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