It's strange to find we're almost strangers As I turn to leave you now I know there are dangers You have believed in me As I believed in you But it's not hard to see In the end a man should do What his heart tells him he must And so I place my trust in the parting of the ways The days that I have stood beside you They are days that I could not forget if I tried to But day has turned to night Life's changed for you and me Who knows what's wrong or right We'll agree to disagree Now the time for talk has passed And so we reach at last the parting of the ways Now I need to find my own direction Side by side we faced the world together But nothing lasts forever And so the story ends More than pride's dividing you and I now And though we say goodbye now At least we part as friends It seems our future is decided Now the fates dictate that you and I be divided And though it's hard to tell Where we will go from here You know I wish you well Even though my course is clear It's no easy thing I do To walk away from you at the parting of the ways Though I need to find my own direction You can bet I'll never forget The times we've come through But now we come to The parting of the ways