My dear old friend...

I searched and searched
for my dear old friend,
But I just can't seem to find,
That lovely smile and joyful laugh,
I hear every now and then...

Where did you go?
My dear old friend...
Your absence had made me cry.

It seems that the eyes of envy,
And the heart of the wicked
has taken you off somewhere
Where your eyes are far astray...

Free thyself my dear old friend,
As time consumes each day...
Let there be a day that you may see
that thy true friend was me...