I need a friend, I need a friend
Lord I need a friend
It brings me down, it brings me down
Lord, it brings me down

Yeah, have your friend in money
Masquerade is Jesus love
I like a friend whose name is Judas
You ain’t got no blessing from above

By the book’s cover you tell them
That’s the way the Lord says it should be
You don’t really have no answers
You pray to their uncertainty

They need a friend, they need a friend
Lord they need a friend
It brings them down, it brings them down
Lord it brings them down

They need someone, someone to trust
Lord they need a friend
They need a friend, they need a friend
Lord they need a friend

You flip them round them like a butterfly
You do anything that they say
When the shiny bright light fades
You pack up and fly away
Friend is not just for Christmas
It’s the person or the man you see
Shadow that fades when the Sun goes down
Ain’t no use to me

They need a friend, they need a friend
Lord they need a friend
It weighs them down, it weighs them down
Lord it weighs them down

They need someone, someone to trust
Lord they’ve wisdom down
They need a friend, they need a friend
Lord they need a friend

I need a friend, I need a friend
Lord I need a friend
I need someone, someone to trust
Lord I need a friend

It wears me down, it wears me down
Lose, it wears me down
I need a friend, someone to trust
Lord I need a friend