Old Friends - Evo Raven

Old friends, old friends Sat on their park bench like bookends A newspaper blown through the grass Falls on the round toes Of the high shoes of the old friends Old friends, winter companions, the old men Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sunset The sounds of the city sifting through trees Settle like dust on the shoulders of the old friends Can you imagine us years from today Sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange to be 70 Old friends, memory brushes the same years Silently sharing the same fears

The preacher went up to the Golden Gate and met God there, With the glow of love in his flowing hair I'm dreamin' of a time when love and music is everywhere Can you see that time comin'? No my son that time has gone, there's things to do The world has changed since I first met you Back when The Band played Rock of Ages in their prime, And the old juke joint was rockin' Oh Lord there's so much hate, In a world where we're from another place Show me how to be like you See no evil, hear no evil Feel no evil in my heart In my heart, in my aching heart In my heart, in my heart, In my old black heart In my heart, in my heart, In my beating heart Sky had turned a lotta shades of gray as they walked on And a gentle rain fell down on them They found faith in the way things are and the way things change And they said goodbye like two old friends Take me up to the mountains high Or a building top where the spirits fly Show me how to be like you See no evil, feel no evil Fear no evil in my heart In my heart, in my aching heart In my heart, in my heart In my old black heart In my heart, in my heart In my beating heart Oh Lord there's so much hate In a world where we're from another place Show me how to live like you See no evil, hear no evil Feel no evil in my heart In my heart, in my aching heart In my heart, in my heart In my old black heart In my heart, in my heart In my beating heart

Hey, old friend I guess we did it right all these years I've had your back, you've had mine Thick and thin Thick as thieves in the night Don't forget We ride or die 'Cause you can't make old friends You can't turn back time You can't make old memories Or partners in crime The Good Lord knows All of those remember whens The good old days and never agains Been through it all Like it's never gonna end You can't make old friends Hey, old friend Hell, it's been way too long How've you been? I've been meaning to come and drop in But real life tends to fly But don't forget We're still ride or die 'Cause you can't make old friends You can't turn back time You can't make old memories Or partners in crime The Good Lord knows All of those remember whens The good old days and never agains Been through it all They're gone with the wind You can't make old friends You can't make old friends So I brought you a cold one And I poured it out Yeah, standing here by your stone It's hitting home now You can't make old friends You can't make old friends You can't turn back time You can't make old memories Or partners in crime The Good Lord knows All of those remember whens The good old days and never agains Been through it all You're gone with the wind Yeah, we've been through it all It's gone with the wind And you can't make old friends You can't make old friends No

It's the age of the raven and now they are spreading their wings With just one thing in their minds they burn and destroy everything In a cloud of aggression they swoop to take their prey again As they're circling the air their dark shadows are cast over me Will they take me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? If you show them the fear in your eyes you will never be free Do we stand up and fight them or run and hide never be seen As you stare at the city the place is a burial ground Left in hiding are those who are hunted, don't dare make a sound Will they pray for me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? Will God answer me? Hear my prayers now? Will he save me from this hell on earth? Now, do I save myself? Burn it all behind and leave everyone else to die As they're being eaten alive And they take out their eyes, leave them blind This time I fight I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survive Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome In the distance we hear them, the ravens preparing to fly And the thunder of wings getting closer reign down from the sky The invasion of black is a dark cloud that covers the sun Now the darkness descending upon us, there's nowhere to run Will they pray for me? Will they take them? Will they take us all as their victims? Will God answer me? Hear my prayers now? Will he save me from this hell on earth? Now, do I save myself? Burn it all behind and leave everyone else to die As they're being eaten alive And they take out their eyes, leave them blind This time I fight I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survive Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome Waiting for weakness Then preying, no mercy is given With all this bloodshed and crying I beg for the end I must search within myself and find Whatever it takes to survice Never facing my fears, always turning to run But this time I will overcome I must search inside myself and see All the courage that's deep within me Never facing my fears, always running away The beginning of a raven age is upon us