My Old Friend (Honoring Olen Edwards)

From the Album Don’t Stand Still

I’ve walked the world over in the boots of my old friend
From Boston, Massachusetts, all the way back home again
From the State of Oklahoma to Chicago on a plane
On the California Zephyr to Reno on a train

My old friend, my old frienda
It won’t be long ‘til I’m with you again

In these boots of ostrich leather on Sunday he would preach
In small country churches from the pulpit he would teach
The road to salvation with a guitar on his back
On the California Zephyr heading down those railroad tracks

My old friend, my old friend
It won’t be long ‘til I’m with you again

“These boots they’re anointed.” That’s what his wife said
When she gave them to me while he lay in bed
In some old veterans home where old warriors go
On the California Zephyr, taking me back home

My old friend, my old friend
It won’t be long ‘til I’m with you again

Size 11-B, the same size I wear
When I put them on felt like they were always there
In moments of decision looking down I hear him say
On the California Zephyr on this guitar I play

My old friend, my old friend
It won’t be long ‘til I’m with you again

Words & Music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 2018 | BMI

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