where are all my friends

where are all my friends

oh lord

oh lord

used to have lots of fancy clothes

and drive a big white cadillac

not knowing all the time i had these things

my friends were stabbing my straight in my back

no

no

no

even had a house then out there in beverly hills

i was moving so fast

y'all

i didn't even have time to worry about paying my bills

something started changing

my life started rearranging

now i'm all alone

all the friends i wanted

i-i don't have anymore

so somebody tell

tell me

i can't find nobody

oh lord

oh lord

used to take my friends out everywhere i went

but i used to tell them

y'all

y'all ain't gotta spend a red cent

'cause i used to have lots of money

i had them in big old stacks

i used to lend them my clothes

but they never

never ever

never

never brought them back

now i don't have nothing

i'm so all alone

don't even have a home

i ain't got no place to lay my head

wish someone would help me

'cause i-i-i-i-i.i need a loan

yeah

baby

i'm looking

y'all. i'm looking all over

i'm looking for the friends i used to call my very own

i need somebody right now. hey!

i can't find a father or a mother

i remember the time i used to be walking up and down the streets

and i remember you and you and you and you and you

i remember when you used to say that

yeah

trying to get me to spare a dime

and i used to come out the bottom of my heart

'cause i thought you were a friend of mine. huh

but it seems

yeah

it seems that you didn't even give a damn about me

no

but now i'm down and out and i need a friend

i surely need a friend