Are Friends Electric? Lyrics

Are Friends Electric?


												
														   It's cold outside

And the paint's peeling off my
walls

There's a man outside

In a long coat gray hair smoking a
cigarette



Now the light fades out

And I wonder what I'm
doing in a room like this

There's a knock on the door

And just for
a second I thought I remembered you



So now I'm alone

And I
can think for myself

About little deals and s.u.'s

And things I
just don't understand



Like a white lie that night

Or a sly
touch at times

I don't think it meant anything to you

 

 So I
open the door

It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway

Please
sit down

A candle-lit shadow on the wall near the bed



You
know I hate to ask

But are friends electric?

Only

Mine's
broken down

And now I've no one to love



So I found out your
reasons

For the phone calls and smiles

And it hurts and I'm
lonely

And I should never have tried

And I missed you tonight

So it's time to leave

You see this meant everything to me