Dedicated to friends past present and future… Taken from the forthcoming album – Times Like These www.steg-g.com Lyrics THINKING BACK WHO WOULD I BE/ IF I NEVER MET YOU’S AND YOU NEVER MET ME/ SAID WE’D BE FRIENDS TO THE END FROM THE START/ AND THERE’S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE IN MY HEART (LIKE FAMILY)/ TIME FLEW THEN OUR LIVES GREW/ WE DRIFTED APART LIKE DAY AND NIGHT DO/ SAID WE’D BE FRIENDS TO END FROM THE START/ AND THERE’S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE IN MY HEART I USED TO LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT AND SCAN THE STARS/ EXAMINE EVERY PART OF THE SPARSE AVATARS/ WISHING I’D A BROTHER I COULD TO/ THAT BOXED LIKE ROCKY/ AND STOOD TALL AND BROAD AS JOHN COFFEE/ HALF THE TIME ONLY CHILD I WAS ON MY OWN/ THE OTHER HALF I WAS RUNNING WILD WITH MY MATES/ SURE THERE WERE BULLIES OUTSIDE AND YOU HAD TO LEARN TO FIGHT/ YOU COULDN’T HIDE OR RUN AWAY/ EVERY MORNING THROUGH THE DOOR STRAIGHT DOWN THE STAIRS/ OUT THE CLOSE CHEWING TOAST TRYING TO SEE WHO’S THERE/ OPTIMISM WAS LIVING IN THE CITY AIR/ OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST THAT I WAS 7 AND I DIDN’T CARE/ WE’D GET A SIDEY WITH THE COATS FOR THE GOAL POSTS/ KNOWING WHEN A GOALS SCORED A FOES GOING TO THROW BLOWS/ FIRST TEAM TO 21’S THE WINNER/ I THOUGHT THOSE DAYS WOULD LAST FOREVER THINKING BACK WHO WOULD I BE/ IF I NEVER MET YOU’S AND YOU NEVER MET ME/ SAID WE’D BE FRIENDS TO THE END FROM THE START/ AND THERE’S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE IN MY HEART (LIKE FAMILY)/ TIME FLEW THEN OUR LIVES GREW/ WE DRIFTED APART LIKE DAY AND NIGHT DO/ SAID WE’D BE FRIENDS TO END FROM THE START/ AND THERE’S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE IN MY HEART WE’D RUN THE STREETS/ FROM WINTER TO THE SUMMER HEAT/ YOUNG TEAM ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHERS DUMB DEEDS/ FULL OF HUBRIS SURE WE’RE GOING TO SUCCEED/ YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE SAW NUMEROUS BURST HEADS/ A T SUCH SPEED WE HAD AN URGENCY TO COMPETE/ LIKE JUMPING OFF THE SCHOOL ROOF THAT FELT ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET/ SOMEBODYS MUM WOULD HURL PIECES OUT FOR US TO EAT/ THE STREET WAS PARADISE THEN ‘TIL IT TURNED BLEAK/ FALL OUT, FALL BACK IN AGAIN/ TALK ABOUT ALL THE DREAMS WE WERE GOING TO CLAIM/ WALK ABOUT THROUGH THE SCHEME IN THE TEAMING RAIN/ UNAWARE OF UPCOMING HARDSHIP AND PAIN/ BUT WHO WOULD I BE WITHOUT YOU’S IF I WALKED THESE STREETS WEARING DIFFERENT SHOES/ WITH A DIFFERENT ACCENT AND DIFFERENT VIEWS/ IT’S TRUE…I MISS YOU’S THINKING BACK WHO WOULD I BE/ IF I NEVER MET YOU’S AND YOU NEVER MET ME/ SAID WE’D BE FRIENDS TO THE END FROM THE START/ AND THERE’S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE IN MY HEART (LIKE FAMILY)/ TIME FLEW THEN OUR LIVES GREW/ WE DRIFTED APART LIKE DAY AND NIGHT DO/ SAID WE’D BE FRIENDS TO END FROM THE START/ AND THERE’S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU HERE IN MY HEART
