songs about [best] friends drifting apart

oh, and, maybe not 'best' friend, but there's always "What Happened To You?" by Offspring, "Emenius Sleepus" by Green Day, and of course, "Quiche Lorraine" by the B-52's.

Incidentally, I hope this whole exercise isn't research for the world's most dramatic mixtape gesture...

"Was a Friend" by Robert Wyatt -- especially interesting because the melody was written by Hugh Hopper, who broke Wyatt's heart by tossing him out of Soft Machine.

Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)!

Lucinda Williams: Out of Touch

Bruce Springsteen: Bobbie Jean

Tupac - Hit Em Up
"Biggie remember when I use to let you sleep on the couch/And beg the bitch to let you sleep in the house"

Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
The Jesus Lizard - Good Riddance

Edie Brickell + New Bohemians, "Circle"

Neil Diamond, "Shilo" (does it matter if the friend's imaginary?)

Donovan, "Epistle to Dippy"

Ween - "Falling Out"

I want to tell you a little story.
That makes me warm inside.
It's about some friends growing up
And all the things they tried.

I'm not talking about staple shit.
They went for something more.
I guess it was too much dreaming.
Too much to hope for.

One day something funny happened.
But it scred the shit out of me
Their heads went in different directions
And their friendship ceased to be.

I'm telling you I want it to work.
I don't like being hurt.
Something's not right inside.
And I can't always put it aside.
What can we do,
what can we do?
Try.

Mr. Present, go away.
Come and fuck with us some other day.
Mr.Feelings, run and hide.
You have no right to what you feel inside.
Motherfuckers, quick to kiss.
Talk your shit, but don't fuck with this.

All I want to know is.
Am I holding on?
Am I moving on?
What can we do,
what can we do?
Try.

Fuzzy, "Band of Gold." There's a little lesbian subtext, too.

Yeah, look at you, its so sad
Lost the best friend I had
Yeah, look at me you could see
Half of what I was then

Then just like that
There and gone for good
I'm the last one left standing
Yeah, you had to give it all
Just for a band of gold?

Oh is it true, didn't think
That a girl like you . . .
Oh weren't we two a team
Now I hardly know you

Then just like that
There and gone for good
I'm the last one left standing
Yeah, you had to give it all
Just for a band of gold?

All the same your story
Is never gonna fly
I'll forgive but not forget
You'll always be a lie
All the same all a fake

Yeah, look at you, its so sad
Lost my best friend
Yeah, and its true it happened to
a girl like you

Now it seems real
Its real to me
I can't look at you and
Now what do I see
I can't believe I can't believe

Then just like that
Here and gone for good
I'm the last one left standing
Yeah you have to give it all
You were here and now you're gone
Why'd you have to go and fall
Just for a band of gold?

"Timorous Me" by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists could work.

D12 - How Come

Also the Jam: Burning Sky
Because we've all grown up and we've got our lives,
and the values that we had once upon a time, seem stupid now ...

Strangelove: Runaway Brothers
Today - life's a different story today
sad but yet not sad in a way
people never do stay the same

Bruce Springsteen, "Bobby Jean"
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, "Best Friend"
Everything But The Girl, "Blue Moon Rose"

another sunny day 'what's happened to you, my dearest friend'

look back and laugh - minor threat

you am i - jaimme's got a girl

Adia- Sarah MacLachlan