There's a red light burning a hole in the fog

There's a wind blowing in from the docks

There's an old man sitting by the fire with his dog

Staring at a grandfather clock

He sees a city in a land far away

Where it's warm and bright all year

And he thinks about the years and the people slipping away

And he knows he won't get there from here

And that's what friends are for

That's what lovers do

That's what friends are for

And I've got you

That's what friends are for

That's what lovers do

That's what friends are for

And I've got you

And people have to take care of each other

It's that simple

There was a time when you and I could laugh

We could let the world go by

There were no choices there was just one path

And no one wondered why

We had a fine sense of conviction

It was easy and it was right

No confusion, or friction

Man that was poetry and it was flight

And that's what friends are for

That's what lovers do

That's what friends are for

And I've got you