Unknown Friend
(Horst-Peter Schmidt)

I even didn`t know you
I only knew your name
just your word and your music
is all that remains.

Some call you a poet
an old Missouri boy
there`s one thing you never learnt
as a Byrd you have to fly.

It seemed you didn`t really understand
like a stranger in such a strange land

I may even call you "friend"
`cause you seem so close to me
now that you`re gone I`ll miss you
but that`s life - fatality.

It seemed you didn`t really understand
like a stranger in such a strange land

But the wheel keeps on turning
in their memories you`re gone,
but in my heart there is a place for you
and I keep playing your songs.



The song is dedicated to the memory of Gene Clark