Lagu "When You Got a Good Friend" yang dinyanyikan oleh Eric Clapton mengungkapkan pentingnya menghargai dan memelihara persahabatan yang berharga. Lirik lagu ini menekankan perlunya kesetiaan, perhatian, dan perlakuan penuh kasih sayang terhadap orang-orang yang dekat dengan kita. Penyesalan dan keputusasaan penulis lagu atas perlakuannya yang buruk terhadap seorang "kekasih berkulit kecokelatan" menyoroti nilai hubungan yang sehat dan tidak mementingkan diri sendiri. Lagu ini menjadi pengingat yang mengharukan tentang kekuatan persahabatan dan konsekuensi pahit dari memperlakukan seseorang yang kita sayangi dengan buruk.
When You Got a Good Friend Lyrics
Eric Clapton
When you got a good friend
That will stay right by your side,
When you got a good friend
That will stay right by your side,
Give her all your spare time,
Love and treat her right.
I mistreated my baby
And I can't see no reason why.
I mistreated my baby
And I can't see no reason why.
Any time I think about it
I just wring my hands and cry.
Wonder could I ever apologize
Or would she sympathize with me?
Would she sympathize with me?
She's a brown-skin woman,
Just as sweet as a girlfriend can be.
Babe, I may be right or wrong.
Babe, it's your opinion,
Well, I may be right or wrong.
Watch your close friend, baby,
Then your enemies can't do you no harm.
When you got a good friend
That will stay right by your side,
When you got a good friend
That will stay right by your side,
Give her all your spare time,
Love and treat her right.
That will stay right by your side,
When you got a good friend
That will stay right by your side,
Give her all your spare time,
Love and treat her right.
I mistreated my baby
And I can't see no reason why.
I mistreated my baby
And I can't see no reason why.
Any time I think about it
I just wring my hands and cry.
Wonder could I ever apologize
Or would she sympathize with me?
Would she sympathize with me?
She's a brown-skin woman,
Just as sweet as a girlfriend can be.
Babe, I may be right or wrong.
Babe, it's your opinion,
Well, I may be right or wrong.
Watch your close friend, baby,
Then your enemies can't do you no harm.
When you got a good friend
That will stay right by your side,
When you got a good friend
That will stay right by your side,
Give her all your spare time,
Love and treat her right.
