when you re down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing no nothing is going right close your eyes and think of me and soon i will be there to brighten up even the darkest night you just call out my name and you know where ever i am i ll come running just to see you again winter spring summer or fall all you ve got to do is call and i ll be there you ve got a friend you ve got a friend if the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds and that old north wind begins to blow keep your head together and call my name out loud soon i will be knocking at your door you just call out my name and you know where ever i am i ll come running just to see you again winter spring summer or fall all you ve got to do is call and i ll be there you ve got a friend you ve got a friend ain t it good to know that you ve got a friend people can be so cold they ll hurt you and desert you they ll take your soul if you let them but don t you let them you just call out my name and you know where ever i am i ll come running just to see you again winter spring summer or fall all you ve got to do is call and i ll be there you ve got a friend you ve got a friend