The older I get, the more I can see How some kind of connections, get harder to be There will be occasional gorgeous souls on my head But just do be clear, remember what is said It’s 30 years of crazy journeys Most together, some apart What those guys and me connects Is friendship-art The less complicated, the more they let things slide The less they take it personal, the more they stay by your side Those are the friendships that don’t fade with time The simple ones, the real ones, the ones feeling right, like The boys and I (The boys and I) We’ve grown up, grown wiser, a little rough around the edge Lost a few illusions, kept the vows we never said Not every bond can make it through the rain But the right ones always find their way again The less complicated, the more they let things slide The less they take it personal, the more they stay by your side Those are the friendships that don’t fade with time The simple ones, the real ones, the ones feeling right, like The boys and I To Tom, the first one, the chosen father of us all And to Phil, the Lion of the pack, the strength when we fall To Mauro, tryin’ to balance low and high And to me, number four of this tribe The less complicated, the more they let things slide The less they take it personal, the more they stay by your side Through every wrong turn, every late-night line The right souls stay The boys and I Time keeps moving, like it always has It takes some faces, already did in the past So here’s to the years, The ones still ahead The ones who stay The boys and I
