Always Gold

We were tight-knit boys

Brothers in more than name

You would kill for me

And knew that I'd do the same

And it cut me sharp

Hearin' you'd gone away

But everything goes away

Yeah, everything goes away

But I'm gonna be here till I'm nothin'

But bones in the ground

And I was there

When you grew restless

Left in the dead of night

And I was there

When three months later

You were standin' in the door

All beaten and tired

And I stepped aside

Everything goes away

Yeah, everything goes away

But I'm gonna be here till I'm nothin'

But bones in the ground

So quiet down

We were opposites at birth

I was steady as a hammer

No one worried 'cause they knew just where I'd be

And they said you were the crooked kind

That you would never have no worth

But you were always gold to me

And back when we were kids

We swore we knew the future

And our words would take us halfway round the world

But I never left this town

And you never saw New York

And we ain't ever crossed the sea

But I am fine

With where I am now

This home  is home

And all that I need

But for you, this place is shame

But you can blame me

When there's no one left to blame

Oh, I don't mind

Well, all my life

I've never known where you've been

There were holes in you

The kind that I could not mend

And I heard you say

Right when you left that day

"Does everything go away?"

Yeah, everything goes away

But I'm gonna be here till forever

So just call when you're around