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Friends (Side 2, Cut 1)

This version of Friends (Side 2, Cut 1) was released by Bette Midler in 1972.

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Oh, you got to have friends,
the feeling’s oh so strong.
You got to have friends
to make that day last long.
Had some friends, but they’re gone,
somethin’ came and took them away,
and from the dusk ’til the dawn
here’s where I will stay.

Standing at the end of the road, boys,
waitin’ for my new friends to come.
I don’t care if I’m hungry or cold, freezing.
I got to get me some.

‘Cause you got to have friends.
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.
Friends.
“Oh, that’s the favorite part of my voice, you know.
I really like to get up. Hm.”
Oh, friends.
“Thank you.”
Oh, friends, friends, friends, friends.
I had some firends, oh, but they’re all gone, gone.
Somethin’ took ’em away,
and from the dusk ’til the dawn
here is where I’m gonna stay, you know, oh.

Standing at the end of a real long road, Jack,
and I’m waitin’ for those new friends to come,
and I don’t care if I’m jungry or freezing, freezing cold.
You gotta, you gotta get me some.

‘Cause you gotta have,
“you gotta have friends. I’m telling you. I am speaking ’cause I know.
It’s going too fast. We’re all going too fast!
I’m trying to tell you to slow down!
They’re hard to come by! Those friends are hard to come by!
I didn’t have many friends, you know.
But, things are getting better now.
And I think it’s gonna be okay, ’cause I have a couple now.”

Friends,
you gotta, you gotta, you gotta have friends, friends.
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta have friends, friends.
Oh, friends . . .

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The lyrics for Friends (Side 2, Cut 1) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Bette Midler. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Friends (Side 2, Cut 1) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Friends (Side 2, Cut 1) - Bette Midler and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Friends (Side 2, Cut 1) by Bette Midler in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Friends (Side 2, Cut 1)" means the words set to the music of Friends (Side 2, Cut 1), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Friends (Side 2, Cut 1) and the lyrics to Friends (Side 2, Cut 1) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Friends (Side 2, Cut 1), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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