Would You Be My Friend? - Paul Kelly

If I fell into confusion

Got scared but couldn’t say

If I lost my rhyme and reason

And threw away the gift of grace

Would you be my friend?

If they said I don’t deserve you

That my credit was no good

If they told you I’m not worthy of your love

And you should cut me like you cut dead wood

Would you be my friend?

And if you heard that I was on the town

Pissing loudly on your name

Would you find me, would you face me down?

Though your ears burned with shame

Would you be my friend?

And if I said I wished I’d never been born

And my mouth could only curse

If I’d passed the point of no return

Like a poor, puking child in church

Would you be my friend?

My only friend