friends what are you supposed to do should you build me up or break me down friends what are you there for if you re in my need you re never around friends what are your duties does it mean loyalty tell me the truth even when it hurts no matter what it may be cause i got my problems and you know that i got them but you still sayin nothin though you know i m hurtin half way smiling means something s hiding and you re keeping the solution friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder ever so often i get disappointed now i got nothing else to prove y all have been acting upon my weakness all in the name of love now i keep a close eye on all those who deny those who are leaving alive don t think you ve won in your head i m from the rebel think i ll get miserable you made me struggle didn t know i m able to check my timetable and no good people help me some fund friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder friend do you know what s a secret are you sure you know how to keep it based on what i head yesterday you surely gave me away now it s been said that my bills aren t paid i m running low on bread it s going to my head check the flow as the story goes what do you know i remember when i had this master plan and you said we could ve done was you weren t the one can t explain but in the end they glister you again friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder friends don t mean a thing if when i m down you keep me down friends don t mean a thing if i can t cry on your shoulder