Everytime I've lost another lover 
I call up my old friend 
And say let's get together 
I'm under the weather 

Another love has suddenly come to an end 
And he listens as I tell him my sad story 
And wonders at my taste in men 
And we wonder why I do it 

And the pain of getting through it 
And he laughs and says: "You'll do it again !" 
And we sit in a bar and talk till two 
'Bout life and love as old friends do 

And tell each other what we've been through 
How love is rare, life is strange 
Nothing lasts, people change 
And I ask him if his life is ever lonely 

And if he ever feels despair 
And he says he's learned to love it 
'Cause that's really a part of it 
And it helps him feel the good times when they're there 

And we wonder if I'll live with any lover 
Or spend my life alone 
And the bartender is dozing 
And it's getting time for closing 
So we figure that I'll make it on my own 

But we'll meet the year we're sixty-two 
And travel the world as old friends do 
And tell each other what we've been through 
How love is rare, life is strange 
Nothing lasts, people change