LET'S TALK ABOUT A FRIEND
I'VE READ A LOT ABOUT WHAT A FRIEND
SHOULD BE, OTTA BE, COULD BE
ALL I KNOW IS I GOTTA FRIEND
HE'S THIRTY TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME
AND WE'VE BEEN DEVOTED TO EACH OTHER FOR YEARS AND YEARS
HE BEING SO YOUNG, HAD TO WORK FOR EVERYTHING HE HAD
WHEN HE WASN'T AT WORK HE WAS AT SCHOOL
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS TIME TO TAKE ME TO A MOVIE
ALWAYS ROUND THE HOUSE, READY TO LEND A HAND READY TO LEND A HAND
IN THE BEGINNING OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS INTENSE
WE DID EVERYTHING TOGEHTER, AT MY HUSBANDS EX PENCE
I HAVE A SON THE SAME AGE AS MIKE AND THEY HATED EACH OTHER
AS RIVALS USUALLY DO. BUT THOUGH THE YEARS
THINGS FELL INTO PLACE
AND NOW THEY ARE LIKE BROTHERS
MIKES A SON TO MY HUSBAND
NO ONE EVER UNDERSTOOD WHY WE WERE SO DEVOTED TO EACH OTHER
WELL NEITHER DID WE, ALL I KNOW IS ONE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THE OTHER
BUT TO ME HE'LL ALWAYS BE MY BEST FRIEND
THEN CAME ALONG A GIRL WHO SH00K HIS WORLD
AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW SHE JUST WASN'T RIGHT FOR MY WORLD
MIKE DID THE ONLY THING HE COULD DO AND I DIDN'T SEE HIM FOR A WHILE
BUT IF'S MEANT TO BE, IT'S MEANT TO BE AND OUR FRIENDSHIPS STRONGER THAN EVER
I HAD TO LEARN TO TURN LOOSE AND HE LEARNED HE COULD HAVE US BOTH
I'M SO PROUD OF MIKE AS I'VE WATCHED HIM GROW INTO A HELL OF A MAN