Not your enemy
I'm a friend that you need
Not your enemy
I'm a friend that you need

It was never my intention
To drive you away
You choose your direction
Where you would not say
And I hear that things are ending
And you're hidng from me
You think that I sold you out
That's in your mind
That's in your mind

It may be a long time
Ooh a long time indeed
I may not be a friend you want
But I'm a friend that you need

Now you think that I've forgotten
When you helped me out
I was down on my race
And you pulled me out
Where I was living
From the street at the end
Don't think I forgot all that
Do ya?
Do ya my friend?
It may be a long time
Ooh a long time indeed
I may not be a friend you want
But I'm a friend that you need

It may be a long time
Ooh a long time indeed
I may not be a friend you want
But I'm a friend that you need

I hear you've been hanging at those old-time places 
that we know you shouldn't go
Seeing all your old-time friends that I know you 
shouldn't know
Where did you think this life is
Where did you think this life...
Where did you think this life is
Is gonna go?

So call me up some time
When you're done with your... Cocaine and speed
I may not be a friend you want
But I'm a friend that you...
I'm a friend that you need