My Friend - Roy Harper

So now you tell me that you’re leaving, my friend

And I can but leave you

Into your world blowing

There isn’t time to say goodbye

Nor would I ever wish to

You brought me a very many good dreams, my friend

And I’ll smile beside you

For I know I saw you

The two halves of our spinning mess

Covering our laughter

And time may spread it’s woven whirlwind, my friend

Far beyond our hearing

Through eternal raging

And yet I hear our voice of love

Above the loudest madness

So now you tell me that you’re leaving, my friend

And I can but leave you

Fare you well

Fare you well

We’ll meet again along those paving stone

Patterns of our living

And was it gold or is it silver, my friend?

I can hear you crying

Through the mist you stumble

And when you’ve taken that last sun

We’ll watch it in the darkness