where are all my friends
oh lord oh lord
used to have lots of fancy clothes
and drive a big white cadillac
not knowing all the time i had these things
my friends were stabbing straight in my back
no no no
even had a house then out there in beverly hills
i was moving so fast y’all
i didn’t even have time to worry about paying my bills
something started changing
my life started rearranging
now i’m all alone
all the friends i wanted
ii don’t have anymore
so somebody tell tell me
where are all my friends
i can’t find nobody
where are all my friends
oh lord oh lord
used to take my friends out everywhere i went
but i used to tell them y’all
y’all ain’t got to spend a red cent
’cause i used to have lots of money
i had them in big old stacks
i used to lend them my clothes
but they never never ever never never brought them back
now i don’t have nothing
i’m so all alone
don’t even have a home
i ain’t got no place to lay my head
wish someone would help me
’cause iiiiii need a loan
yeah baby
where are all my friends
i’m looking y’all i’m looking all over
where are all my friends
i’m looking for the friends i used to call my very own
where are all my friends
i need somebody right now hey
where are all my friends
i can’t find a father or a mother
where are all my friends
i remember the time i used to be walking up and down the streets
and i remember you and you and you and you and you
i remember when used to say that yeah trying to get me to spare a dime
and i used to come out the bottom of my heart
’cause i thought you were a friend of mine huh
but it seems yeah it seems like that you didn’t even give a damn about me no
but now i’m down and out and i need a friend
i surely need a friend
Artist: Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
Year: 1974
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 166