Verse 1
[C]Lewis and Pete were friends I guess
[Am]Shared a love of words and jest
[G]Shared their thoughts that I confess
[F]Were way above my [G]head
Verse 2
[C]Writing lives help cross their paths
[Am]But their partnership didn’t last
[G]Lewis struck out on his own
[F]While Pete preferred to [G]pay for his home
Chorus 1
[F]Lewis he was a native son
While [C]Pete he was a rolling one
[Am]Curious carefree thoughtful men
[F]Working writers [G]working friends [Am] [G]
Verse 3
[C]Lewis started his own paper
[Am]Filled it with thoughts of an obscure nature
[G]About outrage he felt inside
[F]Not well received but he [G]took it in stride
Verse 4
[C]Pete he was less controversial
[Am]Choose to run in different circles
[G]PR work at a learned school
[F]Following all their [G]social rules
Chorus 2
[F]Lewis man he ruffled feathers
[C]Pointed fingers at his so called betters
While [Am]Pete he kept his family fed
[F]Choose to keep his [G]thoughts in his head [Am] [G]
Verse 5
[C]Pete’s life led him many places
[Am]Ended up back where he knew the faces
[G]Working for the state at the end of the game
[F]Retired when he finished [G]all the same
Verse 6
[C]Lewis he didn’t go so quietly
[Am]Pissed off the church, some think rightly
[G]Wrote and taught until his dying day
But he [F]surely lived [G]some might say
Chorus 3
[F]Lewis died wanting to live
But [C]writers never stop wanting to give
[Am]Pete worked too but he shared his wit
With the [F]people where his [G]life was spent [Am] [G]
Verse 7
[C]I spoke at the funeral of Pete
[Am]Friends of his I got to meet
[G]Lewis was not in the congregation
At[F]tending church not his [G]inclination
Verse 8
He [C]called me said he wanted to meet
[Am]Wanted to explain something about Pete
I [G]never got the chance to hook up with Lewis
[F]He’s gone now [G]too late I guess
Chorus 4
I [F]wonder now what he wanted to say
Why [C]he and Pete had their falling away
I [Am]missed my chance as happens sometime
[F]Missing his words feel [G]like a crime [Am]
