What It Means To Be A Friend

What It Means To Be A Friend - Original Cast Recording

A friends not a cheap little phony creep

Or a jerk trying to make a deal

A friend is a person who most of all

Cares about what you feel

And nothing is harder

Than learning a friend isn't real

A friend sends notes back and forth all day

And doesn't care that you can't spell

A friend knows you've got a crush on your teacher

But a friend would never tell

A friends outside waiting

The minute you both hear the bell

And if your heart is always breaking

'Cause the world is just not fair

When you're at your worst

Your friends the first one there

Giving you something to lean on

And thats what it means to be a friend

A friend won't smoke when she's in your room

Or laugh at the poems you write

A friend won't go start kissing your brother

The minute that you're out of sight

A friend is the person

You call sixteen times every night

And if your heart is always breaking

And you want to run and hide

When your hope is gone

Your friend is on your side

If someone moves in round the corner

And you want to show him you care

So you give him all your last month of vacation

And all of the time you can spare

But then on the first day of classes

He acts like you're not even there

Then he doesn't know

He doesn't know

Hell never know what it means

To be

A friend