I will be your friend

you can be silent now

it's okay

I won't look

the other way

we don't need to talk

about when or why

sometimes you can't 

help but cry

crying happens now and then

I will be your friend

I will be your friend

you can be

whoever you like

I won't shine

a searching light

I will accept

who you need to be

if you accept

the part of me

that doesn't need to pretend

I will be your friend

I will be your friend

          and when the night is cloudy

          and hope is nowhere to be found

          if you will allow me

          I will stick around

you can stand alone

I know that's true

but if you need someone

I'm right in front of you

I know how to listen

I will be there

don't be frightened

don't be scared

I will stay with you until the end

I will be your friend

I will be your friend

every morning I wake up

every morning I wake up

and I don't want to get out of bed

every morning I wake up

pull the pillows over my head

I don't want to face the day

lots of danger out there for me

people arguing about this and that

why can't they just let it be

every morning I wake up

and I'm on my own

every morning I wake up

and I want to stay home

every morning I get up

and I feel like I can't win

every morning I get up

I'm depressed once again

where I'm going, I do not know

what I know is that I'm not okay

living appears to be harder

when you're like this everyday

every morning I wake up

and I just want to sleep

every morning I wake up

the blues are mine to keep

I went to the doctor

I went to the doctor

she said "My, you're so healthy"

I said that's a load off my mind

with the way I've been living

I'm feeling so grateful

I don't want to leave life behind

I went home on the bus

it was raining and cold

and I thought about

what it means to be so old

"age is just a number"

that I've been told

but I'm not sure that it's true

raindrops on my glasses

raindrops on my glasses

for some reason, I can't see

the roadblocks and the turnstiles

that wait in front of me

I'm tripping in a puddle

my shoes are soaking wet

and I am walking these battered streets

to see if I can forget

no matter what I think about

I can't get you off my mind

even though I keep walking way

I'm still falling behind

they rain, it keeps on falling

and me, I do not care

to get you off my mind

I would walk anywhere

raindrops on my glasses

you still in my thoughts

it would be so much better

if you were someone I've forgot

I will go home soon

drenched and cold as snow

it would be so much better

if you were someone I didn't know

Jacob's ladder

I am trying

as hard as I can

I am climbing Jacob's ladder

but I am only a man

there's not much that is sadder

than to see my limitations

I ignore them and move on

it's a long way and it's dark

but I can see the dawn

I keep on moving

I cannot stop

until I 

reach the top

I am climbing

as high as I can

loserville

I stayed in bed this morning

until it turned into afternoon

this winter's so cold

and I'm feeling so old

that I don't know what to do

wake me up

fill my coffee cup

with something that will keep me warm

it's another day in loserville

keep me free from harm

keep me free from harm

when I was lost

when I was lost

you found me as a helpless child

where wolves and dragons run wild

and no one is round me

I paid the cost

I stood behind a doorless wall

gazing at the unfairness of it all

until you found me

          will you keep me

          free from harm

          will you keep me

          safe and warm