you've got a friend

Here's a song that I liked a lot when I was really young. I can remember days in a carseat in the back of the first car my mom had since I've been alive with Carole King's "Tapestry" cassette in the tape deck. "You've Got A Friend" was my favourite song off that album, which Carole King originally wrote for her friend James Taylor, and after he recorded it, she released her own version of it on "Tapestry", her first album. This goes out to one of my closest friends whose had a rough week and a bad day and just needs a rest from all the stress which runs rampant throughout high school. Don't let numbers ruin your day because they aren't as important as we are made out to believe. You've still got your health, your friends, food every day, a house to live in, and all the little things that we really take for granted that other people in the world spend their whole life dreaming for but never attain in. Wow are we lucky to live in Canada. Everyone who has ever gone to school has gotten some bad marks, and the truth of it is that this is only such a minute part of your life, there's much much more to look forward to in the future. Cheer up, you've got a friend.

When youre down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, no nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
And you know where ever I am
Ill come running
To see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Youve got a friend.

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door.

You just call out my name
and you know where ever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, aint it good to know that youve got a friend?
When people can be so cold.
Theyll hurt you and desert you.
Well theyll take your soul if you let them.
But dont you let them.

You just call out my name
and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
dont you know that,Winter spring summer or fall
all youve got to do is call.
And Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.

Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know
youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.