Recorded by Walt Wilkins – Pedernales (2021)
Music and Lyrics by Walt Wilkins and Owen Temple
[Verse 1]
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Life’s a rocky road, lot of highs and lows
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There’s no way around some tears and woes
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But the days we get are worth it in the end
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Hmmmmmmmm If you’ve got friends
[Chorus]
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My friends have a beer when I’m thirsty
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My friends lend an ear when I’m sad
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My friends hold me up when life hurts me
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They love me even when I can’t
[Verse 2]
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Got a sweet little house as pretty as you please
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Blue skies and butterflies, the birds and the bees
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But I’m a traveling man with miles to go
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The kindness of the world is my second home
[Chorus]
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My friends have a beer when I’m thirsty
E B7
My friends lend an ear when I’m sad
E A
My friends hold me up when life hurts me
E B7 E
They love me even when I can’t
[Verse]
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Say you’re going thru a rought time, maybe you screwed up bad
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Well I hope you’ve got someone who doesn’t mind seeing you like that
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Someone to hug you and love you and keep you in the game
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And I hope someday you get to do the same
[Bridge]
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Because we all get down in the weeds sometimes
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And take the weight of this whole world on our uphill climb
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But there’s rest and there’s comifort and there’s a hand to hold
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All along the way for a willing soul
[Chorus]
E A
My friends have a beer when I’m thirsty
E B7
My friends lend an ear when I’m sad
E A
My friends hold me up when life hurts me
E B7 E
They love me even when I can’t
E A
My friends have a beer when I’m thirsty
E B7
My friends lend an ear when I’m sad
E A
My friends hold me up when life hurts me
E B7 E
They love me even when I can’t
[Outro]
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Oh they love me even when I can’t
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