How Many Friends Lyrics

 (Townshend)
 
 I'm feelin' so good right now
 There's a handsome boy tells me how I changed his past
 He buys me a brandy
 But could it be he's really just after my ass?
 
 He likes the clothes I wear
 He says he likes a man who's dressed in season
 But no-one else ever stares, he's
What's the reason?
 
 How many friends have I really got?
 You can count 'em on one hand
 How many friends have I really got?
 How many friends have I really got?
 That love me, that want me, that'll take me as I am?
 
 Suddenly it's the silver screen
 And a face so beautiful that I have to cry out
 Everybody hears me
 But I look like a fool now
 With a cry and I shy out
 She knows all of my friends
 But it's nice to find a woman who's keen on living
 Now I think I've reached the end
 I wonder in the dead of night - how do I rate?
 
 How many friends have I really got?
 How many friends have I really got?
 How many friends have I really got?
 That love me, that want me, that'll take me as I am?
 
 It's all like a dream you know
 When you're still up early in the morning
 And you all sit together to watch the sun come through
 But things don't look so good
 When you could use a bit of warning
 Then you know that no-one will ever speak the truth about you
 
 How many friends have I really got?
 How many friends have I really got?
 How many friends have I really got?
 That love me, that want me, that'll take me as I am?
 
 When I first signed a contract
 It was more than a handshake then
 I know it still is
 But there's a plain fact
 We talk so much shit behind each other's backs
 I get the willies
 People know nothing about their own soft gut
 So how come they can sum us up
 Without suffering all the hype we've known
 How come they bum us up
 
 How many friends have I really got?
 You can count 'em on one hand
 How many friends have I really got?
 How many friends have I really got?
 That love me, that want me, that'll take me as I am?