McMurtry So get that hurt look off your face No need to be alarmed I was only trying not to lose my place I didn't mean no harm. This place we've come to it's a brand-new world With a whole new set of rules And I'm not complaining and I ain't enraged Just a bit confused. Would you be my friend through the ages ? Watch the decades drifting by ? And read to me from dusty pages All the echoes of our lives ? You'd fold the napkins, sitting on the stairs Through the afternoon I'd sit there watching till you'd stack the chairs From across the room. I kept your letters in my fire Kept them safe and sound And I read back through them once in a while When there's no one else around. Would you be my friend through the ages ? Watch the decades drifting by ? And read to me from dusty pages All the echoes of our lives ? Would you be my friend through the ages ? Watch the decades drifting by ? And read to me from dusty pages All the echoes of our lives ?