i m not above drinking alone but no good ever comes of it unless you count me talking to you now so have you been hurt did you hurt someone did you get all crashed down upon me i m a friend to the friendless not that i chose it and if i had well then who knows but that one guy on the train all talking to himself shit he s talking to me he s saying at school they taught me a prayer for money a prayer for crap jobs right til i die never a prayer for people the brokenhearted the lonely did you let the blues make you bad did you get all twisted did you get so drunk you whispered i think i m gonna die did you pass nights wondering why you never saw it coming nobody ever sees it coming no exceptions at all nobody ever sees it coming no exceptions at all i m a friend to the friendless and i don t care if i had a choice in this it wouldn t be fair but i don t so let s not get all carried away with shit you wouldn t change anyway let s make this a prayer for money a prayer for sundays through mondays and crap jobs right til i die because where we are we won t always be and shit man that could be me getting hurt hurting someone getting all crashed down upon burning holes in butterfly s wings while wishing just wishing for other things nobody ever sees it coming no exceptions at all nobody ever sees it coming are you ready for this never wear white socks with black shoes don t get all twisted don t let the blues make you bad i know you miss him don t let your standards fall down with your hair how it felt when you kissed her straighten your tie tuck in your shirt i m a friend to the friendless and i don t know why but come on kids please we ll walk right on by i know you are lonely you ll not always be you are so many things you will not always be