FRIENDS

(Written by Jeff Ridler, Steve Ridler and Tom Rausch)

Verse

SHE ASKED ME IF MY FRIENDS WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN HER

I TRIED TO ANSWER HONESTLY “DARLIN’ DON’T BE ABSURD”

MY LOVE FOR YOU IS ETCHED IN STONE

FOREVER TO BE TRUE

NO OTHER ONE COULD EASE MY PAIN

THE WAY YOU ALWAYS DO

Verse

THOUGH WITH MY FRIENDS I’VE HAD SOME FUN

AND SELDOM FELT ABUSED

IN MY HEART THEY’LL ALWAYS BE A SECOND CLASS TO YOU

WELL I LABORED HARD TO GIVE MY GIRL ALL THAT SHE DESIRED

A HANDSOME HOME, A WELL KEPT YARD

AND A MAID THAT SHE HIRED

CHORUS

NOW I’M SITTING HERE WITH MY FRIENDS

I’VE KNOWN SINCE JUNIOR HIGH

TALKIN’ ‘ABOUT THE WONDER YEARS

AND HOW WE ALL GOT BY

HOW INSIRATIONS WITH OUR GIRLS

HAVE ALWAYS LED TO TEARS

BUT WITH THESE BOYS IT’S THE GOOD OL’ TIMES

AND TIPPIN’ LONG NECK BEERS

Verse

I THOUGHT OF WHAT SHE ASKED OF ME

THOSE MANY YEARS AGO

IT SEEMED THERE WAS A BOTTOM LINE

MY FRIENDS WOULD HAVE TO GO

SHE RULED MY LIFE, MY DREAMS, MY WAYS

NEAR PUT ME IN THE GROUND

BUT WHEN SHE LEFT MY LIFE THAT DAY

MY FRIENDS WERE STILL AROUND

CHORUS

YEAH, SHE RULED MY LIFE, MY DREAMS, MY WAYS

NEAR PUT ME IN THE GROUND

BUT WHEN SHE LEFT MY LIFE THAT DAY

MY FRIENDS WERE STILL AROUND

Jeff Ridler and Steve Ridler (BMI)