"(Everybody's Got A) Friend Named Joe" lyrics

A friend named Joe

I hadn't left the house for weeks or answered any calls
I hadn't changed my filthy sheets, there were footprints on the walls
I'd spent my days in darkness and my nights as terror's friend
When Joe came by, put hand on thigh, and lifted me again

Everybody's got a friend named Joe
Someone to tell your dreams to when there's nowhere else to go
Someone who'll say that you're okay when, for reals, you just don't know
Everybody's got a friend named Joe

I couldn't understand why all my friends had gone away
When I tried to speak, well, bitterness choked all I had to say
"Love me, leave me, hug me, beat me," the cycle never ends
But Joe lights up trajectory, yes, he's that kind of friend

Everybody's got a friend named Joe

You fly and flee, dear Joe showed me, and what you're always facing
Is all around and up and down, abandoning, embracing
Joe was careless, Joe was careful, he comes and goes mysterious
He folds and tidies all my woes when I'm lost and delirious

Everybody's got a friend named Joe

And when it feels like life is just a series of delusions
Joe can show that, even though it all feels like illusion
It's real, and yesterday bears no resemblance to tomorrow
You fly towards death, so full of life and love and joy and sorrow

Got a friend named Joe
Someone to tell your dreams to when there's nowhere else to go
Someone who'll say that you're okay when, for reals, you just don't know
Got a friend named Joe

Everybody's got a friend named Joe