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Artist: Roger Daltrey
Canonical path: /roger-daltrey/waiting-for-a-friend
Related lyric paths: 6
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Waiting For a Friend
Read Waiting For a Friend lyrics by Roger Daltrey on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Waiting For a Friend
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If I fell in a lake
Would you dive in or stand there and gape
And if I drowned, would you jump
Or would you let the water burst in my lungs
Well a stranger in the street
Maybe the only one on his knees
When your laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come.
Got my hopes
Got my doubts
My gut reaction say's I got to find out
Who's against, who to trust
Ooh you never know but I might get killed in the rush
But a stranger in the street
Maybe the only one on his knees
When your laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come.
You laugh you think it's a joke
Just stand there grinning
Will you be there at the post
When I aint winning.
Hey, black or white
Good and bad
How many times have I done this and done that
Every life
Everyone
If I knew that I'd probley take out a gun
But it's mother natures law
To get you coming back for more
Just stand laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come.
You laugh you think it's a joke
Just stand there grinning
Will you be there at the post
When I aint winning.
Hey, black or white
Good and bad
How many times have I done this and done that
Every life
Everyone
If I knew that I'd probley take out a gun
But it's mother natures law
To get you coming back for more
Just stand laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come.
Laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come.
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