Only a friend can betray you
Only a friend can let you down
The whispering campaigns to gain favor
Were an evil and graceless sound

The lessons you’ve left abound
Well that’s the plain truth
Not talking to move the wind around
Looking back from man to youth

Only a friend can betray you
Only a friend can let you down
The whispering campaigns to gain favor
Were an evil and graceless sound

You courted your enemies
Neglected your friends
And too late you realized
You tempted the end

You reaped the whirlwind
Caught more than was even your due
The piper said pay up now
And the ride was through
You had a great future
But its long since left in the dust
And the temper and stomping
Won’t renew what’s been lost

Only a friend can betray you
Only a friend can let you down
The whispering campaigns to gain favor
Were an evil and graceless sound