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: >Around the corner I have a friend,
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: >In this great city that has no end,
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: >Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
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: >And before I know it, a year is gone.
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: >And I never see my old friends face,
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: >For life is a swift and terrible race,
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: >He knows I like him just as well,
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: >As in the days when I rang his bell.
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: >And he rang mine but we were younger then,
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: >And now we are busy, tired men.
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: >Tired of playing a foolish game,
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: >Tired of trying to make a name.
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: >"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
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: >Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
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: >But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
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: >And distance between us grows and grows.
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: >Around the corner, yet miles away,
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: >"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
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: >And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
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: >Around the corner, a vanished friend.
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: >Remember to always say what you mean.
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: >If you love someone, tell them.
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: >Don't be afraid to express yourself.
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: >Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.
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: >Because when you decide that it is the right time it might
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: >be too late.
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: >Seize the day. Never have regrets.
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: >And most importantly, stay close to your friends
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: >and family, for they have helped
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: >make you the person that you are today.