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Weve been friends for forty years, through storms and sunny days
Even with those empty miles, and roads that split our ways
We had to lose ourselves to find, the love we couldnt see
Now Im sittin here, just thinkin bout you, and what you mean to me
Cause Im the billboard of regrets, lit up in your rearview
Every smile and every tear still points my heart to you
That smile, those eyes, the perfect dream that never came to be
Memories lost to another man, whos just a shadow of me
And I sit and smile, cause your happiness is all I wanna see
I watch your life from far away, Ive seen you fight and fall
Ive seen you rise up strong again, and stand through it all
Sometimes I close my eyes at night, and drift in make-believe
Where youre here with me and weve got all the time we need
Cause Im the billboard of regrets, lit up in your rearview
Every smile and every tear still points my heart to you
That smile, those eyes, the perfect dream that never came to be
Memories lost to another man, whos just a shadow of me
And I sit and smile, cause your happiness is all I wanna see
I could tell you how I feel, but it might just break us down
So Ill hold it in and let the silence be the only sound
And if the Good Lords listening when I lay me down tonight
Ill pray He keeps you laughing, and your future shining bright
Im still the billboard of regrets, but Im glad youre doing fine
Even if it means this heart of mine stays somewhere left behind
That smile, those eyes, the perfect dream Ill never get to see
But Id trade my days, and all my nights, just to know youre free
And I sit and smile cause your happiness is all I wanna see