A Friend to You

Dive in, dive in, boy

The water's only deep

And head first is the only way into this life

Oh sit right down

Is there anything I can do

To be a friend to you

Maybe give you something you could keep

But what would that be

Ride on, ride on, boy

Your white horse into the wind

Critic's darling-poet to the working man

They try to love you but they will never understand

Oh sit right down

Is there anything I can do

To be a friend to you

Maybe give you something you could keep

Everything you had you either lost or threw away

And at the end of the day

I guess that's what I'll be

When you're finally through with me

You and your mystical charm

A hole in your soul-another in your arm

People bow down to you

But they could never bow so low as when you sink

Like a stone

Into your blue throne

Wasted, wasted, wasting away

Like the years we've both seen come and go

No way to bring it all back

Screaming your lungs out

Where have all the listeners gone?

Did they turn their back on greatness?

Did they turn their back on a light divine?

They say every star burns out in time

Boy, sit right down

Is there anything I can do

To be a friend to you

Maybe give you something you could keep

But what would that be

Everything you had you either lost or threw away

I'll tell ya, at the end of the day

I guess that's what I'll be

When you're finally through with me

When you're finally through with me

When you're finally through with me