Only when they’re gone

Verse

I was just stopping in for a visit

With a few friends from back in the day.

We were just starting in on a six pack

When they told me big Dave passed away.

Pre chorus

In high school he was the bulldog.

The toughest dude I knew.

He’s give you the shirt off his back

Do anything for you.

Chorus

We all heard he had problems

And yet we moved on.

Shame how you miss the good ones

Only when they’re gone.

Verse

If I had only taken a moment

Just to give him a call now and then.

Stop by and visit when I was nearby.

Let him know that he still had a friend.

Pre chorus

In those days we were best buddies.

He always had my back

But time passed and I made new friends

And Dave went to Iraq.

Chorus

We all heard he had problems

And yet we moved on.

Shame how you miss the good ones

Only when they’re gone.

Bridge

After the war he was broken

From the little I know.

He took drugs and was drinking

Traveled a lonely road.