[MARY]
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Here's to us—
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[FRANK]
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Who's like us?
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[CHARLEY]
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Damn few
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[FRANK]
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Hey, old friend
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Are you okay, old friend?
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Whaddaya say, old friend?
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Are we or are we unique?
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Time goes by
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Everything else keeps changing
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You and I
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We get continued next week
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Most friends fade
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Or they don't make the grade
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New ones are quickly made
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And in a pinch, sure, they'll do
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But us, old friend
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What's to discuss, old friend?
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Here's to us—
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Who's like us?
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Damn few!
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[CHARLEY]
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So, old friend
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Fill me in slow, old friend—
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Start from hello, old friend
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I want the when, where, and how
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Old friends
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Do tend to become old habit—
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Never knew
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How much I missed you till now
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[FRANK, CHARLEY & MARY]
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Most friends fade
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Or they don't make the grade
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New ones are quickly made
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Some of them worth something, too
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But us, old friends—
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What's to discuss, old friends?
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[FRANK]
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Tell you something:
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Good friends point out your lies
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Whereas old friends live and let live
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[MARY]
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Good friends like and advise
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Whereas old friends love and forgive
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[FRANK]
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And old friends let you go your own way—
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[CHARLEY]
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Help you find your own way—
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[MARY]
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Let you off when you're wrong—
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[FRANK]
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If you're wrong—
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[CHARLEY]
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When you're wrong—
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[MARY]
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Right or wrong, the point is:
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Old friends shouldn't care if you're wrong
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[FRANK]
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Should, but not for too long
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[CHARLEY]
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What's too long?
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[FRANK]
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If you're wrong!
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[CHARLEY]
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When you're wrong!
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[MARY]
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The thing is:
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Old friends do leave their brands on you
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But old friends shouldn't compete
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[FRANK]
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Old friends don't make demands on you—
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[CHARLEY]
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Should make demands on you—
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[FRANK]
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Well, don't make demands you can't meet
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[CHARLEY]
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Well, what's the
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Point of demands you can meet?
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[MARY]
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Well, there's a time for demands
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Whether you meet them or not—
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[They squabble.]
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[FRANK, CHARLEY & MARY]
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Hey, old friends
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How do we stay old friends?
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Who is to say, old friends
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How an old friendship survives?
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One day chums
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Having a laugh a minute
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One day comes
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And they're a part of your lives
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New friends pour
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Through the revolving door
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Maybe there's one that's more
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If you find one, that'll do
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But us, old friends
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What's to discuss, old friends?
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Here's to us
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Who's like us?
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Damn few!
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