For Absent Friends Lyrics

[00:00.00]	Written：Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford
[00:06.24]	Sunday at six when they close both the gates
[00:12.78]	a widowed pair,
[00:13.05]	still sitting there,
[00:14.40]	Wonder if they're late for church
[00:19.86]	and it's cold, so they fasten their coats
[00:24.39]	and cross the grass, they're always last.
[00:32.88]	Passing by the padlocked swings,
[00:35.37]	the roundabout still turning,
[00:37.65]	ahead they see a small girl
[00:42.15]	on her way home with a pram.
[00:42.96]	Inside the archway,
[00:54.42]	the priest greets them with a courteous nod.
[01:00.48]	He's close to God.
[01:03.45]	Looking back at days of four instead of two.
[01:08.07]	Years seem so few (four instead of two).
[01:11.79]	Heads bent in prayer
[01:15.18]	for friends not there.
[01:16.11]	Leaving twopence on the plate,
[01:23.04]	they hurry down the path and through the gate
[01:27.36]	and wait to board the bus
[01:29.73]	that ambles down the street.

[00:00.00]	Written: Banks Collins Gabriel Hackett Rutherford
[00:06.24]	Sunday at six when they close both the gates
[00:12.78]	a widowed pair,
[00:13.05]	still sitting there,
[00:14.40]	Wonder if they' re late for church
[00:19.86]	and it' s cold, so they fasten their coats
[00:24.39]	and cross the grass, they' re always last.
[00:32.88]	Passing by the padlocked swings,
[00:35.37]	the roundabout still turning,
[00:37.65]	ahead they see a small girl
[00:42.15]	on her way home with a pram.
[00:42.96]	Inside the archway,
[00:54.42]	the priest greets them with a courteous nod.
[01:00.48]	He' s close to God.
[01:03.45]	Looking back at days of four instead of two.
[01:08.07]	Years seem so few four instead of two.
[01:11.79]	Heads bent in prayer
[01:15.18]	for friends not there.
[01:16.11]	Leaving twopence on the plate,
[01:23.04]	they hurry down the path and through the gate
[01:27.36]	and wait to board the bus
[01:29.73]	that ambles down the street.

[00:00.00]	Written: Banks Collins Gabriel Hackett Rutherford
[00:06.24]	Sunday at six when they close both the gates
[00:12.78]	a widowed pair,
[00:13.05]	still sitting there,
[00:14.40]	Wonder if they' re late for church
[00:19.86]	and it' s cold, so they fasten their coats
[00:24.39]	and cross the grass, they' re always last.
[00:32.88]	Passing by the padlocked swings,
[00:35.37]	the roundabout still turning,
[00:37.65]	ahead they see a small girl
[00:42.15]	on her way home with a pram.
[00:42.96]	Inside the archway,
[00:54.42]	the priest greets them with a courteous nod.
[01:00.48]	He' s close to God.
[01:03.45]	Looking back at days of four instead of two.
[01:08.07]	Years seem so few four instead of two.
[01:11.79]	Heads bent in prayer
[01:15.18]	for friends not there.
[01:16.11]	Leaving twopence on the plate,
[01:23.04]	they hurry down the path and through the gate
[01:27.36]	and wait to board the bus
[01:29.73]	that ambles down the street.

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