Lyr Req: Friend for Life (Bryan Bowers)

Subject: Lyrics/ When you've got a song......
From: GUEST,winniemih
Date: 25 Apr 00 - 11:22 AM

I'd like to find the lyrics to a song that begins: When you've got a song, you've got a friend for life, that you can count on in the quiet of the night.... Thanks for the help.

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: FRIEND FOR LIFE (Bryan Bowers)
From: folk1234
Date: 25 Apr 00 - 02:48 PM

Great song! Truly true for us folk music pholks.
Here it is. We printed in our newsletter, with Brian Bower's permission, and sang it at our club's 15th anniversary meeting in April '99. Some of the chord indicators have been shifted with transposition from my received email.
Friend For Life
by Bryan Bowers and Bob Danoffas learned from Delmar Pound
with several slight word changes by Holly Van Auken
Capo 2

  Chorus:
                                  G                                                                 C 
  When you learn a song, you've got a friend for life,
                                        D           C   D         G 
  That you can call on in the still of the night.
                                C 
  When you're down and out, on a two-lane road,
  G                             D                       Em
  Your friend the song will be there to ease your load, 
    C           G         D             G 
  Will be there to ease your load.  
  D            D7                      G       
  When your Mom and Dad cross your mind,      
                                                    D              D7                     G 
  Thinking back to the ties that bind.
  G7 C
  Won't fill your heart like singing some old song,   
  G              D7                    G
  They used to sing back when you were young. (Chorus)   
  

When time hangs heavy on your hands,
That novel that you burn your eyes out on,
Won't fill your heart like learning some old song,
That will be there to help you later on. (Chorus)

When the night is young but you're feeling old,
TV's empty hours won't fill your soul,
Like singing some old song that was your friend,
When you were young, and you are young again. (Chorus)
(Repeat first line of chorus to end it)

                                            G                                                         D   G 
  When you learn a song, you've got a friend for life.   

Phil- If we work on this a bit for March, we could put the words in the April newsletter and invite everyone to sing it with us for the 15th Anniversary meeting in April. I'm mailing you a tape the first of the week to share with Jim. -Holly

Line Breaks <br> and <pre> preformat tags added, but I had a hard time figuring where what was supposed to go.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyrics/ When you've got a song......
From: folk1234
Date: 25 Apr 00 - 02:52 PM

Wow! It was really garbled. Let me know if you can't figure it out. Have fun with it!

Subject: RE: Lyrics/ When you've got a song......
From: GUEST,winniemih
Date: 25 Apr 00 - 10:24 PM

Thanks, folk1234, that was just what i needed! I think i can take it from here. Yes indeed, a great song.

Subject: ADD: Friend for Life (Bryan Bowers)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Mar 15 - 01:20 AM

Posting chords was a disaster, so here it is without chords.

FRIEND FOR LIFE
(Bryan Bowers and Bob Danoffas)

Chorus:
When you learn a song, you've got a friend for life,
That you can call on in the still of the night.
When you're down and out, on a two-lane road,
Your friend the song will be there to ease your load,
Will be there to ease your load.

When your Mom and Dad cross your mind,      
Thinking back to the ties that bind.
Won't fill your heart like singing some old song,   
They used to sing back when you were young. (Chorus)   

When time hangs heavy on your hands,
That novel that you burn your eyes out on,
Won't fill your heart like learning some old song,
That will be there to help you later on. (Chorus)

When the night is young but you're feeling old,
TV's empty hours won't fill your soul,
Like singing some old song that was your friend,
When you were young, and you are young again. (Chorus)
(Repeat first line of chorus to end it)

When you learn a song, you've got a friend for life.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Friend for Life (Bryan Bowers)
From: GUEST,saulgoldie
Date: 11 Nov 24 - 08:24 AM

Thanks, Joe! Thanks Mudcat!

I suddenly started hearing this song whilst out on the bike. (You know how that goes.) I could not remember all the lyrics. And an Internet search did not help. And...HERE IT IS! THANKS!!

Saul

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Friend for Life (Bryan Bowers)
From: GUEST,PHJim
Date: 12 Nov 24 - 02:19 PM

Here's how I do it:

Friend For Life - Bryan Bowers and Bob Danoffas
C / / / |G7 / / / |C / / / |/ /
When your [G7] Mom and Dad cross your [C] mind,
Thinking [G7] back to the ties that [C] bind.
Won't fill your heart like [C7] singing some old [F] song,
They used to [C] sing [G7] back when you were [C] young.
   
**   When you learn a song, you've got a friend for [F] life,
       That you can [G7] call on in the [F] still [G7]of the [C] night.
       When you're down and out, on a two-lane [F] road,
       Your friend the [C] song will be [G7] there to ease your [Am] load,
       [F] Will be [C] there to [G7] ease your [C] load.

When time hangs [G7] heavy on your [C] hands'
That [G7] novel that you burn your eyes out [C] on,
Won't fill your heart like [C7] learning some old [F] song,
That will be [C] there to [G7] help you later [C] on.

**   When you learn a song, you've got a friend for [F] life,
       That you can [G7] call on in the [F] still [G7]of the [C] night.
       When you're down and out, on a two-lane [F] road,
       Your friend the [C] song will be [G7] there to ease your [Am] load,
       [F] Will be [C] there to [G7] ease your [C] load.

When the night is [G7] young but you're feeling [C] old,
[G7] TV's empty hours won't fill your [C] heart,
Like singing some old [C7] song that was your [F] friend,
When you were [C] young, and [G7] you are young a[C]gain.

**   When you learn a song, you've got a friend for [F] life,
       That you can [G7] call on in the [F] still [G7]of the [C] night.
       When you're down and out, on a two-lane [F] road,
       Your friend the [C] song will be [G7] there to ease your [Am] load,
       [F] Will be [C] there to [G7] ease your [C] load.   
       When you learn a song, [G7] you've got a friend for [C] life.