Michael Feinstein - Old Friend

Love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change

Every time I lost another lover
I call up my old friend
And I say let's get together
I'm under the weather
Another love has come to an end

And she listens as I tell her my sad story
And wonders at my taste in friends
And we ponder why I do it
And the pain of getting through it
And she laughs and says, "You'll do it again"

But 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
Our love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change

And I ask her if her life is ever lonely
And if she ever feels despair
And she says she's learn to love it
'Cause that's really all part of it
And it helps her feel the good time when they're there

Yes, we sit in a bar and talk till two
About life and love as old friends do
And tell each other what we've been through
Our love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change

And we wander if I live with any lovers
Or spent my life alone
And the bartender is dozing
And it's getting time for closing
So we figured that I'll go out on my own

But we'll meet the year was '62
And travel the world as old friends do
And tell each other what we've been through
Our love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change

Love is rare, life is strange
Nothing lasts, people change
Old friend

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[sellenger]

Isnt the lyric "How love is rare, life is strange" and not "Our love is rare, life is strange".

[2kyxia]

Yes, I believe you're right. Sorry, just saw that error.

[2kyxia]

This was from "I'm Getting My Act Together" composed by Nancy Ford with Michael Feinstein.

[FOSTERTHEPEOPLE315]

Does anyone know where to listen to Puttin on the Ritz/ Slumming on Park Avenue by him? I absolutely love that song but can't find it anywhere!!

[wayne1295745]

2 days ago I first saw and heard of Michael Feinstein.

I haven't had much to be happy or thankful for, for a very long time, until I heard Michael's PBS show. I am a music lover and always have been. Why I ask myself have I never had the wonderful pleasure of hearing this awesomely talented man named Michael Feinatein?

Thank you Michael, you lifted me up. Thank you "new friend", I needed your music, it reminded me that music can get into your heart and give me hope in this strange life.

Cathy D

[detroitMC313]

Yeahhhh!!!!!!!!!

[freesian59]

He is great. Can someone tell me if he sang the theme song for the movie "Best Friend" that Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds starred in? I love that song but do not know the name of the song and I would love to find the CD.

[ownmylife22]

this is a good song, and covers that awful feeling when we lose a lover... and later on when we come to our senses, not in the sing... we are damn glad we got out of that love affair.

But don't we love to hash the lost lover, that is healing and we need that!!! thanks for this great rendition of this song. May love NEVER die!

[turcim]

I can't stop playing this song. It is a superb version with an amazing acting quality.

[AtTheHandOfLove]

Yes, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford wrote this song. I found a reference to it on Wiki, It's a great great song!

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@lauriegayle I looked on youtube for the original version as sung by Gretchen Cryer in the off-Broadway musical, but I was not able to find it. If you or someone could post it, that would be great. I saw the original production and I remembered this song, even after not hearing it for about 30 years.

[lauriegayle]

If only you could hear the original off Broadway version. This musical literally changed by life when I first heard it!

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@gfterp Nancy Ford composed the music and Gretchen Cryer (the mother of Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Men fame) did the lyrics. It's from their musical "I'm Getting my Act Together and Taking it on the Road", which premiered off-Broadway in the 1970s. Gretchen Cryer starred in it and sang this song in the show.