i am at peace, very quiet now
its been a long time, i deal somehow
i still remember those dingy green walls
and feeling trapped in institution halls
you remained beside me until the end
and carried me to this place, loyal friend
so tell me now, you did promise me this
its forty seven years, what have i missed

i can only hope that nam is done
have we learned from this, what have we won
i've heard some rumors from new arrivals
the cold war ends, a europe revival
and changes in medicine, could it be
that a new found cure would benefit me

wow!, the long curse of the bambino ends
that's got to be the greatest news my friend
can hardly believe that the pats won four
i only hope we can win a lot more
on nine eleven i did perceive
a lot more new souls we did receive
and how's the city that i hailed from
and what new social changes have come

i often contemplate what might be
would i have gone back for my degree
would i meet someone to be my wife
i'd want four children to share my life
thanks my friend you have never forgot
i know i haunt you, it means a lot
i hope to see you but not just yet
keep thinking of me please don't forget

yes i promised you and i will be brief
just the highlights of things beyond belief
the eagle lands and there's man's first step
nine photo flybys, the pictures kept
we looked to the past ten billion years
to see the distant stars and their spheres
you missed woodstock and our generation
and revolution that broke a nation

what you have just stated, indeed is true
not sure a cure was ever found for you
oh!, the sox take three while the pats claim four
the bruins win three, the celts get 6 more
we turned two hundred, boston three fifty
millennium change, y2k tricky

boston was bombed just a few years back
the marathon in its final lap
get this, oh yes, you will not believe
same sex marriage has now been achieved
there have been great climate change events
storms and tsunamis with great lament
a great horror down here has occurred
we now kill school children, cries unheard

oh yes!, you haunt me and let me say
i could ignore you and keep my days
and it seems by this time you would have been
a wonderful grandpa maybe to twins
you've influenced me more than you know
your grace, your courage, you have bestowed
though in the past i miss you then
you are and always a great friend

god bless and thanks edgie