Friendship to lover

You were my friend from the start,
as friends I had hoped we would never part.
We sat many nights in that little shack,
some we watched TV and others we yacked.
There were nights I felt I couldn't smile,
this would go on for quite a while.
You would show up and boy what a sight,
me all fired up and ready to fight.
You were always there with an open ear,
when I poured out all my fear.
I always had your shoulder to cry on,
when I felt my life had gone all wrong.
I don't know why I was so scared,
I knew all along that you really cared.
I feel happiness in my heart now instead of pain,
and with you at my side I know that feeling will remain.
I know I tried to push you away,
thank you for not letting me get my way.
In the time we did not communicate,
I figured I had waited so long that I was to late.
But when I finally picked up the phone and called you my friend,
you called right back and let me know that together there would be no end.
The first night I went to see you play at the bar,
I knew then and there that we could never again part by far.
You have been my best friend and now my lover,
I know in my heart I can depend on no other.
So now that we are finally together,
let us hold the love we feel for one another forever.