Tom T. Hall - No New Friends Please lyrics

I'd like to be your friend but think
Of all the friends I've been
I never thought there'd come a day
I never thought I'd hear me say
I'd disappoint you in the end
No new friends please, no new friends for me

Memories of old acquaintances keep
On coming back
Some I met at garden parties, buddies
By the railroad track

What we are is self-appointed
There's nothing we can do
We'd lose touch with one another and that
Ain't fair to me or you