Song Description

Bouncy folk song about friendships that come and go as God pleases.

Lyrics

I said goodbye the other day
to my good buddy, Ray.
I?ll miss his smile so bright and wide
like the bridge across the bay.
He?s living in California ? so far away;
oh my heart aches.
But he?s learning new dances
and finding romances
And he?s takin? the chances
he needs to take.

Hey Jay ? what?s that you say?
You?re leaving and you?re movin? to Iowa?
Your packing up and heading out way too soon.
You might as well be movin? to the moon!
I?m gonna miss all the jammin?,
the movin? and shakin? ?
I just gotta tell you
that my heart?s achin?!

Chorus:
Oh ain?t it funny how life goes around.
First you?re up then you?re down again.
Your sailing,
then flailing around,
and you need
to be grounded and then. . .
God sends a friend.

Me and Liz ?
we laughed a lot.
And we cried a lot.
There was nothin? we couldn?t say.
There was no prayer that we wouldn?t pray.
Now she?s moved away
to the land of lakes ?
and new mistakes.
Oh my heart aches.

Chorus:
Oh ain?t it funny how life goes around.
First you?re up then you?re down again.
Your sailing,
then flailing around,
and you need to be grounded
and then. . .
God sends a friend.

?Cause when God puts someone in my heart
and he takes them away ?
it tears me apart.
But I?ll keep on lovin?,
and I?ll keep on givin?
And I?ll keep on losin?.
It?s all part of livin?. (hold)
(Dan ? solo)

Chorus:
Oh ain?t it funny how life goes around.
First you?re up then you?re down again.
Your sailing,
then flailing around,
and you need to be grounded. . .

Oh ain?t it funny how life goes around.
First you?re up then you?re down again.
Your sailing,
then flailing around,
and you need to be grounded
and then. . . God sends a friend.

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