Some of my friend drive big limousines
Own ranches and banks and visit with queens.
And some of my friends are up to their neck
In overdue bills and can't write a check.
Their singers and ropers or writers of prose
And others, God bless 'em, can't blow their own nose.
I guess bein' friends don't have nothin' to do
With talent or money or knowin' who's who.
It's a cumf'terbul feelin' when you don't have to care
'bout choosin' your words or bein' quite fair.
'Cause friends'll just listen and let go on by
Those words you don't mean and not bat an eye.
It makes a friend happy to see your success.
They're proud of yer good side and forgive all the rest
And that ain't so easy, all of the time,
Sometimes I get crazy and seem to go blind!
Yer friends just might have to take you on home
Or remind you sometime that your not alone.
Or ever so gently pull you back to the ground
When you think you can fly with no one around.
A hug or a shake, whichever seems right
Is the high point of givin', I'll tell ya tonight,
All worldly riches and tributes of men
Can't hold a candle to the worth of a friend.
