Real Friends

"Real Friends" is a promotional single and the seventh track off Camila Cabello's debut solo studio album, Camila. It was released through Epic Records on December 7, 2017 along with the pre-order of the album. "Real Friends" is a spare ballad composed by simple guitar accords. Camila keeps her vocal tone, giving a calm vibe to the song. Lyrically, Camila sings, over muted guitar rhythm, about flaky, dishonest and unreliable people in the narrator's life.

[Verse 1] No, I think I'll stay in tonight Skip the conversations and the "Oh, I'm fine's" No, I'm no stranger to surprise This paper town has let me down too many times Why do I even try? Give me a reason why I thought that I could trust you, never mind Why all the switching sides? Where do I draw the line? I guess I'm too naive to read the signs [Chorus] I'm just lookin' for some real friends All they ever do is let me down Every time I let somebody in Then I find out what they're all about I'm just lookin' for some real friends Wonder where they're all hidin' out I'm just lookin' for some real friends Gotta get up out of this town (oh, ooh) [Post-Chorus] Oh, yeah [Verse 2] I stay up, talkin' to the moon (ooh) Been feelin' so alone in every crowded room Can't help but feel like something's wrong, yeah 'Cause the place I'm livin' in Just doesn't feel like home [Chorus] I'm just lookin' for some real friends All they ever do is let me down Every time I let somebody in Then I find out what they're all about I'm just lookin' for some real friends Wonder where they're all hidin' out I'm just lookin' for some real friends Gotta get up out of this town [Post-Chorus] Oh Lookin' for some real friends Oh, oh-oh [Bridge] I just wanna talk about nothin' With somebody that means something Spell the names of all the dreams and demons For the times that I don't understand Tell me, what's the point of a moon like this When I'm alone again? Can I run away to somewhere beautiful Where nobody knows my name? [Chorus] I'm just lookin' for some real friends All they ever do is let me down Then, I let somebody in But I find out what they're all about I'm just lookin' for some real friends All they ever do is let me down I'm just lookin' for some real friends Gotta get up out of this town, yeah [Post-Chorus] Oh (ah) Oh, yeah, ah