SOMETIMES A FRIEND

There’s a little man inside my head
He calls himself sometimes my friend
But he always helps me in the end
He talks me through

He likes to dance and carry-on
And he shows me where my feet belong
And sometimes before too long
I’m a dancin’ fool

And he likes to drink sometimes, and keep
A fire burning while we sleep
He says it scares away the beasts
At least a few

And sometimes in the summer sun
He yells, “Catch me if you can, you bum!”
And through the pretty girls we’ll run
And they watch us too

And sometimes when she’s all alone
He likes to walk this one girl home
And sweet words like ice cream cones
Just melt on out

And when she sometimes waves goodnight
He says it means the time is right
An arm around a neck is like
The loss of doubt

Your honor, don’t you understand
Deterents only taunt the damned
They’re slaps across a knowing hand
And a face turned blue

There’s a little man inside my head
He calls himself sometimes my friend
And if you choose to strike him dead
Will I die too?

There’s something like a million men
Locked away in cages when
They’re just doing like their friends
Just like to do. Will I die too?