[Intro] [Verse 1] Absent friends here’s to them And happy days We thought that they would never end      Here’s to absent friends [Verse 2] Little Jean Seberg seemed So full of life But in those eyes such troubled dreams      Poor little Jean [Verse 3] Woodbine Willie Couldn’t rest until he’d Given every bloke a final smoke before the killing       Old Woodbine Willie [Verse 4] Steve McQueen Jumped the first one clean But the great escape he tried to make was not to be       Maybe next time Steve [Verse 5] Laika flew through inky blue ’Til Laika neared the atmosphere and Laika knew Laika’s life was through Bdim [Bridge] Oscar Wilde was a lonely child     He fought and won acceptance from the world They smiled they laughed they praised They drove poor Oscar to his grave x2 [Verse 6] Absent friends here’s to them And happy days We thought that they would never end But they always end Raise your glasses then     to absent friends