This is a Song for my Circle of Friends

This is a Song for my Circle of Friends
written by Carol  Hall
 sung by Chita Rivera

This is a song for my circle of friends

A song about time and the way that it bends

Like a twig on a tree or a light through a lens

This is a song for my circle of friends.

This is a song for that cycle of years

The loves and the laughs, the hurts and the tears

And the heat of the candle we burned at both ends

This is a song for my circle of friends.

It’s a song for the nights we went crazy

A song for the lessons we learned

A song for the dreams and the wild wacky schemes

And the heart breaking nights on the tides as they turn

This is a song for the trickle of time

A clock with no hands, a void with no rhyme

Just an old valentine one eternally sends

This is a song for my circle of friends

It’s a song for the friends who went sailing

And the ones who stayed closer to shore

The friends who took dares

And the friends without cares

And the friends who were dear

Who aren’t here anymore.

This is a song for the dice that we tossed

The talents we shared, the chances we lost

And the way it all finally settles and blends

This is a song for my circle of friends.