Harry's Last Call

"Harry called while you were out," she said.

He asked, "Was he drunk?"

She said, "No, but he'd been drinking.

I could tell."

"What'd he want this time?"

"He wants to talk to you," she said.

"All I know is he's somewhere in Nebraska,

hole up in some motel."

He handed her the groceries

and opened up a beer.

He slapped the cold off his sleeve

and said, "I'm glad I wasn't here."

"But he's your best friend," she said.

He took a drink and said, "He was."

She said, "He's calling back, you know."

And he told her, "He always does."

(Refrain:)

Old friends

blown away by the wind

Never to return again

till they round that final bend

Old friends

driving through the rain

from Sacramento to Fort Wayne

just like we all did then

"So, what're you gonna tell now

when he calls back again?"

He just shrugged and said,

"I'm not gonna say a thing."

"But it's Harry," she told him.

"Yeah," he said. "It's Harry once again.

And Harry only calls when he's drunk

or when he needs something."

(Refrain)

"But you bummed the world together.

It was always just you two.

"Yeah, we were young and we had some times

till the day that I met you.

And he just kept on moving

once I made my choice to stay.

And now he's still out on the road,

but it's like he never goes away."

(Refrain)

When the kitchen phone rang once more,

he threw his arms around her waist.

"Let me go," she said. "It's Harry.

If I want to get the phone I will."

But he just pulled her tighter

and he didn't say a thing.

And he held her until the ringing stopped

and all the house was still.