You never come around
or even call me on the phone
Not once through your own doing
have you been inside my heart
You're all tied up and busy
trying to get your kicks and shine
It's late nights out with cigarettes
and whiskey girls and wine
Everybody needs a real good friend
A friend to stick through
the thick and the thin
Till the end,
everybody needs a real good friend
I called on you for help
and found you couldn't make it through
I wasn't asking much
but you had other things to do
Oh, you didn't have a thing,
you couldn't eas ily postpone
But you wouldn't take no time for me
and I won't go back alone
Everybody needs a real good friend
A friend to stick through the thick
and the thin till the end
Everybody needs a real
good friend
It's a heartache and I'm
walkin' down the stairs
It's a heartache and I'm
breathin' in the air
It's a heartache and I'm
walkin' down below
I'm a sad boy and some sad
new things I know
Whoa...
Step gladly round that handsome town
I hope you do alright
Walk tall among the myriad walls
And shine beneath the light
Do all the things you'd like to do
Be on your merry way
There's one sure thing I swear
You're gonna need my
help someday
Everybody needs a real good friend
A friend to stick through the thick
and the thin till the en d
Everybody needs a real good friend