well i find myself in reverie bout what we might have had and what might have been we had something going once that was such a long long time ago it was way back in 76 our friendship formed of pure innocence we first met in mathew street where we heard something that would set us free a sign stands over a door it says four lads who shook the world in the depths of those heady nights we would dream of those bright lights oh my friend oh my friend oh my friend and pete has seen his dreams come true but that don t make him no hero he s just one of the lucky few if a man can t change the world these days i still believe a man can change his own destiny but the price is high that has got to be paid for everyone who survives there are many who fail i ve seen my friends caught out in that crossfire all their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre i will never give in until the day i die i get myself some independence carve out a future with my two bare hands oh my friend oh my friend oh my friend somewhere tonight out on the street somewhere beneath this city s heat in the eyes of strangers who pass me by life is cruel and so unkind oh oh the spirit of 76 mersey lights shine in the distance same as they did for us then mersey lights shine bright in the distance where are you now my friend you see some nights when i can t sleep i still think of you of all the promises all our dreams we shared i know those lights still call to you i can hear them now i can hear them now  ooh still shining for us let em shine lights are still shining somewhere tonight out on the street somewhere beneath this city s heat in the eyes of strangers who pass me by life is cruel and so unkind oh oh where s it gone the spirit of 76