An old friend, he called me on Christmas To see how I was I told him I wasn't complaining much I said, 'Come over and see me We'll talk for a while' He said, 'Good, I hate phones I'm only a mile away' It's been a cold winter's day It's been a long black night He said that his life wasn't going Quite like he had planned He didn't know it would be so hard to... Just trying to raise up a family A car and new shoes Sometimes I feel like I'm going to lose it all I poured us more bourbon and water And toasted the Clash Then we started to laugh Oh yeah