Circle of Friends

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I've been drinkin' too hard and smokin' much more There's a face and a memory behind every door The life that you lead is the life that you choose But the games that you're playin' are the games that I lose [Chorus] Now, there's no time for beginnings, no means to the end And I'm outside your circle of friends [Verse 2] I went to this party, and everyone came All the pretty young dancers with no faces or names But the night soon was over, and the room seemed so bare And I'm standin' here throwin' good-byes in the air [Chorus] And I feel like an oak tree that's caught in the wind And my branches are too old to bend [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Now, there's a ghost in the hallway, and he sings an old song Of a soldier and a maiden whose love was so strong But he died in some battle far over the sea And she walks by the waters and weeps quietly [Chorus] And it's the same old sad story of pain in the end And I'm outside your circle of friends There's no time for beginnings, no means to the end And I'm outside your circle of friends