Friday night you love to karaoke The doors open and your first in line You do Sinatra, Eminem or Smokey Next thing you know everybody's dying You probably think they're all laughing with you But let me tell you, it's not that way They're counting down the seconds 'til it's over So as a friend I've got to say Friends don't let friends drive everyone crazy Your rap is crap and you just can't sing You think you're Usher, Pharrell or even Jay Z But let's be honest it's not your thing Saturdays you're always on the dance floor Shake and baking everything you've got You only miss a step or two or fifty And all the girls wish that you'd just stop Maybe you need another shot of courage To get back out and blow them away But no amount of liquor's going to give you rhythm So as a friend I've got to say Friends don't let friends drive everyone crazy You think you're smooth, but you've got no swing You're Dirty Dancing, but nothing like Swayze So let's be honest it's not your thing Anytime I see you at a party You're telling stories to impress the crowd You make yourself the center of attention But they all see you as just too loud You try so hard to steer the conversation But all your jokes are so passe Everybody's looking at their watches So as a friend I've got to say Friends don't let friends drive everyone crazy You strut around like some kind of king But you don't need to be anybody's punch line Just be yourself and do your thing Friends don't let friends drive everyone crazy Oh Friends don't let friends drive everyone crazy Oh

The elevator opens for no one And plans are making me I'm paralyzed into you And plans are making me And plans are making me Everyone looks like everyone Just like snowflakes, we're already myths Just too busy to accept it And we are ready myth And we are ready myth Everyone looks like everyone Passing days just likes batons This one time, this friend of mine No, wait, that was me No, wait, that was me The elevator opens for no one Its talons are right in me Didn't even see it coming For all the just alike birds For all the just alike birds If you think this is your story Just cause you got in the way Doesn't mean it's your story You just got in the way You just got in the way Hey, it's that actor, you know the one He made that movie you all know so well Hey, it's that actor, you know the one He made that movie you all know so well So well So well Alright The elevator opens for no one Its talons are right in me Didn't even see it coming For we are just alike birds For we are just alike birds For we are just alike birds

Was it bitter then, With our backs against the wall? Were we better men, Than we'd ever been before? Say, if she came again today, Would you still answer to the call? Tell the truth my friend, Don't it matter anymore? We were simple men, By her side when she was born. Talkin' about the dream. It was simple then, Like the freedom when you fall. And we were smaller then you see, But soon we gathered like a storm. They don't understand What that thunder meant at all. Was he crucified, Was he done in by the law? Are you satisfied, That he'll never ride again? Some people say he got away, They say he never died at all. If that story's true, Does it bother you my friend? Was it bitter then, With our backs against the wall? Spoken Say, two thousand years ago. Were we better men, Than we'd ever been before? Spoken Or two hundred years ago. Say, if she came again today, Would you still answer to the call? Or tomorrow. Tell the truth my friend, Don't it matter anymore?

In my own way, I'm a believer. In my own way, right or wrong. I don't talk too much about it. It's something I keep workin' on. I don't have too much to build on, My faith has never been that strong. There is a man there in that buildin'. He's a holy man, they say. He keeps talkin' about tomorrow, While I keep strugglin' with today. He preaches hellfire and brimstone, And heaven seems so far away. I do believe in a higher power. One that loves us, one and all. Not someone to solve my problems, Or to catch me when I fall. He gave us all a mind to think with. And to know what's right or wrong. He is that inner spirit, That keeps us strong. In my own way, I'm a believer. But not in voices I can't hear. I believe in a lovin' father. One I never have to fear, That I should live life at its fullest, Just as long as I am here. Mmm-mmm, mmm-mm.