From the recording The Wine Pourer's Tales
Wineshank: All guitars and Production
Steve Cooper: Lyrics
Phil Turcio: Piano and Keys
Drew Tyler: Lead Vox
Shad MaadeIt: Spoken Voice, BGV’s and Beats
Craig Pilkington: Mixing and Mastering
Looking back on our lives, could we have been better, done better? Why were we in such a rush to get to the future and what did we learn along the way? Do we truly value our friendships? Steve Cooper wrote the lyrics and I wrote the music.
Lyrics
I never knew I had potential
I didn’t see what you could see
I wasn’t full of courage
I couldn’t be the best of me
If only I had started sooner
My past I thought was too carefree
I ran so hard towards the future
I couldn't be the best of me
What’s the lesson life has taught us
I'd like to say humility
Perhaps to have a friend like you
That always brings the best in me
We always look to example
Of what we think we’d like to be
Find the points that make us better
Bring out the best of me
I never knew I had a diamond
Sitting in the palm of my hand
A man can be rich but not know it
By the friends that just understand
Some friends are strong as diamonds
Their friendship doesn’t come for free
Respect is what you pay them with
And love is the currency
So keep these friends thru life
However long that be
Cos when you love that special someone
It brings out the best of me
We always look to example
Of what we think we’d like to be
Find the points that make us better
Bring out the best of me
What’s the lesson life has taught us
I'd like to say humility
Perhaps to have a friend like you
That always brings the best in me
Oh yeah, You bring the best
In me, Oh yeah
Oh yeah,You bring the best
In me, Oh yeah
So keep these friends thru life
However long that be
Cos when you love that special someone
It brings out the best of me
We always look to example
Of what we think we’d like to be
Find the points that make us better
Bring out the best of me