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Artist: The Velvet Underground
Canonical path: /velvet-underground/friends
Related lyric paths: 6
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Friends
Read Friends lyrics by The Velvet Underground on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Friends
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How can I tell her?
What can I say?
We've been friends for so long
Never knew it could go wrong
When I look at her
Words just won't come
When I try to write them
Found I couldn't recite them
And the dawn comes running to my room
And the time for telling is coming soon
She's a believer
That's what she said
When I look in her eyes
All I see is goodbye
And the dawn comes running to my room
And the time for telling is coming soon
How can I tell her?
What can I say?
We've been friends for so long
Never knew it could go wrong
Friends for so long
So long
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The Velvet Underground performs "Friends", and this lyric page sits inside the The Velvet Underground catalog on LyroVerse.
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