Friends Will Be Friends

"Friends Will Be Friends" was written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, with lyrics written by Mercury (which was confirmed by Brian May on his website) It's one of the last of Mercury's piano ballads, and it holds many musical similitudes with older Queen material, such as "Play the Game" and "We Are the Champions". It is another song not featured in Highlander. It was noted as being a modern update of the 70's Queen rock anthems "We Are The Champions" and "We Will Rock You" and reached #14 in the UK.

[Intro] [Verse 1] Another red letter day So the pound has dropped And the children are created The other half ran away Taking all the cash And leaving you with the lumber [Pre-Chorus] Got a pain in the chest Doctors on strike What you need is a rest It's not easy, love But you got friends you can trust [Chorus] Friends will be friends When you're in need of love They give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you're through with life And all hope is lost Hold out your hands 'Cause friends will be friends Right till the end [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] Now it's a beautiful day The postman delivered A letter from your lover Only a phone call away You try to track him down But somebody stole his number [Pre-Chorus] As a matter of fact You're getting used to life Without him in your way It's so easy now 'Cause you got friends you can trust [Chorus] Friends will be friends When you're in need of love They give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you're through with life And all hope is lost Hold out your hands Cause friends will be friends Right 'til the end [Guitar Solo] [Pre-Chorus] It's so easy now Cause you got friends you can trust [Chorus] Friends will be friends When you're in need of love They give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you're through with life And all hope is lost Hold out your hand Cause friends will be friends Right 'til the end [Outro] Friends will be friends When you're in need of love They give you care and attention Friends will be friends When you're through with life And all hope is lost Hold out your hand Cause right 'til the end Friends will be friends, yeah