Life is a book that we study
Some of its leaves bring a sigh
There it was written, my Buddy,
that we must part, you and I

Nights are long since you went away
I think about you all through the day,
My buddy, my buddy,
Nobody (or "no buddy") quite so true
Miss your voice, the touch of your hand-
Just long to know that you understand,
My buddy, my buddy,
Your buddy misses you

Buddies through all of the gay days
Buddies when something went wrong
I wait alone through the gray days,
missing your smile and your song

Nights are long since you went away
I think about you all through the day
My buddy, my buddy,
Nobody (or "no buddy")quite so true
Miss your voice, the touch of your hand-
Just long to know that you understand,
My buddy, my buddy,
Your buddy misses you