When You Got a Good Friend

When you got a good friend
 That will stay right by your side
 When you got a good friend
 That will stay right by your side
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 Give her all your spare time
 Love and treat her right.
 I mistreated my baby
 And I can't see no reason why.
 
 I mistreated my baby
 But I can't see no reason why.
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 Any time I think about it
 I just wring my hands and cry.
 Wonder could I ever apologize
 Or would she sympathize with me?
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 Would she sympathize with me?
 She's a brown-skin woman
 Just as sweet as a girlfriend can be.
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 Babe, I may be right or wrong.
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 Babe, it's your opinion
 Well, I may be right or wrong.
 Watch your close friend, baby
 Then your enemies can't do you no harm.
 When you got a good friend
 That will stay right by your side
 
 When you got a good friend
 That will stay right by your side
 Give her all your spare time
 Love and treat her right.