Goodbye Friend

I never got to tell you friend,
Before you went away,
Just how much you mean to me,
Every single day.

I never really thought about,
The consequences if,
You sailed away to the brighter side,
It sort of makes me sniff.

I never got to tell you,
The things that make life great,
You'd do the things that make me smile,
And avoid the things I hate.

You'd always make me chuckle,
You'd wipe away my tears,
I never thought you'd go away,
I thought of years and years.

My boyfriends came and went,
My partners went and came,
But you were always with me,
My thanks were kind of lame.

Why you went so early,
Why you and not me,
I never got to work out why,
But I should just let it be.

I should of thought before,
I may be quite upset,
But you're my friend, I know you well,
And I kind of owe you debt.

I pull my chin up to the skies,
So that when you look down,
You see a smiling comrade,
Not a gloomy frown.

So when you see me chuckle,
And when you see me hoot,
It does not mean I'm happy,
It's because you want me to.