You Know Who Your Friends Are Lyrics - Pretenders

Along by the canal 

You can see the remnants of last night's reverie 

As left by the local tenants 

But these aren't the gifts they give free in shopping malls 

This is real life that's sprayed across the tunnel walls 

You know who your friends are 

You know who your friends are 

They're the ones who want to see you go far 

You know who your friends are 

The last time you tried to leave here for a working holiday 

You said your mother needed you two thousand miles away 

But no sooner on the tarmac you were met to be told 

We've been waiting for you 

You just can't leave the fold 

You know who your friends are 

You know who your friends are 

They're the ones who want to see you go far 

You know who your friends are 

They'll never let you go 

They'll never let you know who your friends are 

Know who your friends are 

They say that loyalty is just for those who've earned it 

Is that why they stole the sofa from your parking space and burned it 

You were hoping you could leave here with some teeth still in your head 

But your friends on curtain row would rather see you dead 

You know who your friends are 

You know who your friends are 

They're the ones who want to see you go far 

You know who your friends are