We were asked to write a song for this
wonderful animal rescue group, Forgotten Friends of Long Island, to celebrate
their first anniversary in USA.
It was our pleasure to write a song to
express the feelings our four legged friends may have when they become
unwanted and arrive in an animal shelter for the first time in their
lives.
We wanted to show the confusion, distress and the unfairness of
being given away, of being set apart from everyone and everything you have
come to regard as 'home'.
And, in doing this we hope we have shown how
grateful we are that there are people like the volunteers of Forgotten Friends
in our world today.
Happy 1 year Anniversary to you wonderful
people!
YOU ROCK!!
Love from Maria & Paul xx
'Forgotten Friend'
I'm your forgotten friend I'm your
passing thought I'm the one you couldn't keep Though you thought you
could I'm the missing link I'm your family time I'm the broken
past Way down the line
So I pass the hours Look to the
gate Who comes for me this day? Who will turn my fate? Who needs a
friend? My loyal love? Where loneliness ends There is God
above
Now I have food to eat And a place to stay And those I
meet Don't turn me away But I need to know I will always be Right
by your side Won't you care for me?
I'm a forgotten friend I'm a
lonely boy The one you bought Like a childhood toy I'm the cheeky
girl Who grew up too tall I'm the cherished one You forgot to
call
I'm the furniture You replace with wear In the shadows
now You don't know I'm there I'm the chosen one You chose to give
up I'm a big boy now Not a tiny pup I'm the waste of space The
messy mutt The vets bill walking And I'm down on my luck
Won't
you spare a thought For the ones like me The ones who can't talk Who
will forever be A number in the pound Cast out but never homeward
bound A forgotten friend Yours in loyalty, in friendship To the end,
to the end
I'm your forgotten friend I'm your passing thought I'm
the one you couldn't keep Though you thought you could I'm the missing
link I'm your family time I'm the broken past Way down the
line...
I'm your forgotten friend
� Maria Daines/Paul
Killington All Rights Reserved (mcps)
ASCAP 2009
