Thanks for Being a Friend

Music and Lyric by David W. Jacobsen
Copyright 1996. All Rights Reserved.



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Title

Thanks for Being a Friend

Period

Late College

Written Time

1995 - 1996

Copyright Year

1996

Copyright #

SRu000356873

BMI #

Original Album

Manchester

Studio - Engineer

Knee Deep Studios - Charles Scott

Studio - Gear

24 Tracks - 3 chained ADAT 8 tracks

Other Musicians

Chuck Scott - Guitar
Christian Kisala - Drums

Length

02:52

Other Albums

Gold Beneath the Dust (Compilation)

This is a clearly bitter rock number about someone who isn't really your friend. I can't recall if I had a specific person in mind. I like to take the sweet sentiment like "Thanks for being a friend" (see Golden Girls theme) and wreck it with the crushing cynicism of the real world.

Thanks for being a friend
No one was further from me when I needed them
Through thick and thin
you never were there
pretended I didn't care
but all that time
I wanted to kick you in the head

Thanks for coming by
The one time you came by surprise
I soon came to see
what you wanted from me
And I gave it away
but all that time
I wanted to punch you in the face

I always felt like a stranger
I always felt so wrong
when you looked at me that way
your icy stare, those scornful eyes

Thank you for being a friend
Best wishes, good cheers I would send
but never a word
And I never spoke up
though I knew you had heard
And all that time
I wanted to kick you in the head

I always felt like an alien
I always felt so cold
when you looked at me that way
your icy stare, those scornful eyes

I always felt like a stranger
I always felt so wrong
when you looked at me that way
your icy stare, those scornful eyes

Thank you once again
For never seeing the things that I did for you
No I don't mind
You don't have to look up
You don't have to care
And all this time
I've wanted to stab you in the back