Name: I've Got A Friend Who Hates Everything I Do
Duration: P00H04M55S
Description: This song... I'm not sure when I wrote it. But I recorded it in probably February of 2015, or maybe January. This is just a very rough demo recorded shittily through a computers built in microphone, but I like the song.

I've Got A Friend Who Hates Everything I Do

from Old Joy (demos) by Old Joy

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This song... I'm not sure when I wrote it. But I recorded it in probably February of 2015, or maybe January. This is just a very rough demo recorded shittily through a computers built in microphone, but I like the song.

lyrics

I’ve got a friend who hates everything I do
But he’s oh so poetic when he talks to you
Ooooh here he comes talking now
He’s trying to say I love you but he don’t know how
He’s only lonely in a crowd, where his sadness has an audience

I’ve got a friend who loves everything he says
He takes all his words from the books he thinks I’ve never read
Yeah here he comes misquoting me
He’s trying to say “I love you” instead he says “I need”
He’s never cleverer than these people that he feels the need to please

I’ve got a friend who hates everything I do
I’ve got a friend who lies and loves to lose
I’ve got a friend who pretends when he says “please”
I’ve got a friend who wishes he was me

I”ve got a friend who leaves nothing up to chance
Only gets angry if it’s in advance
Oooh here he comes, the knives are out
He’s trying to say “I hate you” but he don’t know how
He’s always playin it so cool, he’s the only one fooled

I’ve got a friend who steals all of my best lines
Passes them off as thoughts from his fertile mind
Oh god we got a genius here
My brilliant buddy’s gonna make it clear
He’s the only one worth hearing here

I’ve got a friend who hates everything I do
I’ve got a friend who lies and loves to lose
I’ve got a friend who pretends when he says please
I’ve got a friend who wishes he was me

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from Old Joy (demos), released June 5, 2016
alex - guitars, vocals

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