All These Years

Written by S. Nicks
 

What's the matter now, angel?
Is it that bad?
I can't control what I say
I don't know how to act

Well, your mother would say
"Well, here is your coffee"
And you would be better
She said that her picture of you
Was against your pillows
Almost asleep, smiling
She says she will never forget this photograph
No forgeries here
No lies for her
She never read my mail
She gave me my freedom

Are you still given to tears?
Sorrow?  Do you have something to cry away?
Can I still make you stop crying?
It worked for your mother
Sometimes you smiled
Sometimes you did not smile

Well, my best friend
After all this time
You have run away again
How did you think it would be after so long?
All these years

I guess I told you I have to go away
I have to see my friend from yesterday
Can I borrow all the things that we loved?
We were forbidden to even trade
Ooh, you would open the door
Maybe you'd remember me....

I have to go away
I have to see my friend from yesterday
I have to see her again
Can I borrow all the things we loved?
That we were forbidden to ever trade
My best friend
After all this time
You have run away again

 

WEBMISTRESS speculates:

I think that the best friend referred to in this song is Stevie's late friend, Robin, and that the song captures how she was feeling when she knew her friend had a fatal case of leukemia and took her to Hawaii to cheer her up. She doesn't know what she can say or how she should act in the situation, how to comfort her and make her feel better about something as horrible as dying. Stevie says that she can deal with Robin's mother better, help her, but she doesn't know how to help Robin. After all these years that they've known each other, it ends like this: her friend had to run away. Then, Stevie wants to find Robin, to see her, but she can't, because her friend has died. A very sad song.

 

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