Backpacks bigger than our shoulders Shoelaces never stayed tied Trading snacks and chasing playground dreams With grass stains worn like pride Swinging high like we could touch heaven Recess felt like flying free Didn’t know we were planting roots In the shade of memory Kickball kings in dusty diamonds Bike tires humming down the street Streetlights blinking “time to head home” Still running on restless feet Sleepover secrets whispered softly Pinkie swears that never bend We thought forever meant the weekend Didn’t know it meant best friends Every year another page Every memory locked in place Forever friends! Forever true! Forever friends! Forever true! We grew up side by side, heart to heart From playground days to the grown-up parts Through every mile and every year You’re still my home, you’re still right here Raise a glass to the love we found Through every up and every down We’ve lived a life we never knew Forever friends forever true Forever friends! Forever true! Forever friends! Forever true! High school halls and louder laughter Friday lights and first slow dances New responsibilities calling Growing up in risky chances First real jobs and midnight driving Freedom riding shotgun now Talking dreams till morning sunrise Thinking we had it figured out Love got deeper, goodbyes harder Life got real in every way Caps flew high that second summer Different roads called out our names Forever friends! Forever true! College towns and factory mornings Wedding bells and babies crying Holding hands through sleepless nights Watching little dreams start flying Years rolled on, the calls got fewer But the love stayed safe inside Life got busy, hearts got fuller Still we carried childhood pride Some were called to heaven early We still feel them in the breeze We’ve said goodbye to moms and fathers Fell to prayer on bended knees Every tear became a lesson Every loss a guiding light Every hug a little stronger Every memory shining bright We grew up side by side, heart to heart From playground days to the grown-up parts Through every mile and every year You’re still my home, you’re still right here Raise a glass to the lives we’ve lived To every hug and every forgive We’ve lived a life we never knew Forever friends forever Forever true FRIENDS FOREVER! FRIENDS FOREVER!