That's What Friends Are For - The Staple Singers

Now just because I have you

You don’t have to break your back to pay me back

Now, I don’t give just to receive

I was taught at a Sunday school at the age of three

Now don’t be ashamed, if you need me call my name

Has it ever occurred to you, that’s what friends are for

If you can go to your friend

Then why don’t you let your friend come to you

You know that I got two and you got one

I’m not talking about the way it seems but the way it’s done

Don’t be ashamed, if you need me call my name

Has it ever occurred to you, that’s what friends are for

Your next of kin might be bold enough

To say I got mine brother, why don’t you get yours

Now, when you see the blind leading the blind

They might not be getting away but you know they’re trying

Don’t be ashamed, if you need me call my name

Has it ever occurred to you, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, oh yeah, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for, that’s what friends are for