Landmark: Music

• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)
• MP3 short clip, lo-fi play (modem)

A Better Friend
(Arthur’s Song)

Life’s been good; yea, life’s been great, Although there’s no escaping fate
Your arrival in my life became, Fulfillment of my childish game
But when I turned my back to play, You slipped outside the schoolyard gate
Then never to return again, You taunt and tease what might have been

(Chorus)
Wish I had been a better friend, The short time that I knew you when
Wish I had been that kind of friend, On whom you knew you could depend
If only now my notes could break through scrambled tunes you can’t escape
If only love could penetrate the troubled symphony that plays

I hear your golden voice sublime while thinking back to wistful times
When solos, duos, trios sang of hopes and fears, of joys and pangs
Remember when the world was ours, A future filled with hearts and flowers
I still see stars for you and me that skim the sky eternally

(Chorus)
Wish I had been a better friend, The short time that I knew you when
Wish I had been that kind of friend, On whom you knew you could depend
If only now my notes could break through scrambled tunes no sense can make
If only love could penetrate the struggling symphony that strains

Life’s been good; rather, life’s been great, Although a piece is missing straight
To fairy tales that end with joy, For every mother’s girl and boy
Where did you go? When will you come to hear my ever-constant drum
Would that you could return again, And capture just what might have been!

(Chorus)
Wish I had been a better friend, The short time that I knew you when
Wish I had been that kind of friend, On whom you knew you could depend
If only now my notes could break through scrambled tunes you can’t equate
If only love could penetrate that sleeping symphony that waits

Kristy Landgren © 1999