nobody knows but me

i got a friend that nobody knows

nobody knows but me

i got a friend that nobody knows

nobody knows but me

oh

mama thinks i'm talking to myself again

i know she thinks i'm out of my mind

but i'm really talking to my secret friend

we get along just fine

i got a friend that nobody hears

nobody hears but me

i got a friend that nobody hears

nobody hears but me

oh

i always go to sleep when my daddy says

i kiss him and turn out the light

but my friend is sitting on the edge of the bed

talking to me every night

everybody says it's just a stage i'm in

everybody says i'm just a kid

but they've never traveled to the places i've been

or done the crazy things that my friend and i did

well

i got a friend that nobody sees

nobody sees but me

i got a friend that nobody sees

nobody sees but me

i got a friend that nobody knows

nobody knows but me

i got a friend that nobody knows

nobody hears

nobody sees

nobody's spoken to

and nobody can

nobody knows but me!