an elegant song won't hold up long

when the palace falls and the parlour's gone

we all must leave but it's not the end

we'll meet again at the festival of friends.



smiles and laughter and pleasant times

there's love in the world but it's hard to find

i'm so glad i found you -- i'd just like to extend

an invitation to the festival of friends.



some of us live and some of us die

someday God's going to tell us why

open your heart and grow with what life sends

that's your ticket to the festival of friends.



like an imitation of a good thing past

these days of darkness surely will not last

Jesus was here and he's coming again

to lead us to his festival of friends.



black snake highway -- sheet metal ballet

it's just so much snow on a summer day

whatever happens, it's not the end

we'll meet again at the festival of friends.



(Burritt's Rapids 5/4/75)