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<\/a><\/p>\nYou\u2019ve got a friend in me<\/p>\n
\n
You\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nWhen the road looks rough ahead
\nAnd you\u2019re miles and miles from your nice warm bed
\nYou just remember what your old pal said
\nBoy, you\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYeah, you\u2019ve got a friend in me<\/div>\n
\nWhen the road looks rough ahead
\nAnd you\u2019re miles and miles from your nice warm bed
\nYou just remember what your old pal said
\nBoy, you\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYeah, you\u2019ve got a friend in me<\/div>\n
You\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYou\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYou\u2019ve got troubles, I\u2019ve got \u2019em too
\nThere isn\u2019t anything I wouldn\u2019t do for you
\nWe stick together and we see it through
\n\u2018Cause you\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYeah, you\u2019ve got a friend in me<\/div>\n
\nYou\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYou\u2019ve got troubles, I\u2019ve got \u2019em too
\nThere isn\u2019t anything I wouldn\u2019t do for you
\nWe stick together and we see it through
\n\u2018Cause you\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYeah, you\u2019ve got a friend in me<\/div>\n
Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am
\nBigger and stronger too, maybe
\nBut none of them will ever love you the way I do
\nIt\u2019s me and you, boy<\/div>\n
\nBigger and stronger too, maybe
\nBut none of them will ever love you the way I do
\nIt\u2019s me and you, boy<\/div>\n
And as the years go by
\nOur friendship will never die
\nYou\u2019re gonna see, it\u2019s our destiny
\nYou\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYou\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYeah, you\u2019ve got a friend in me<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nOur friendship will never die
\nYou\u2019re gonna see, it\u2019s our destiny
\nYou\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYou\u2019ve got a friend in me
\nYeah, you\u2019ve got a friend in me<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Songwriters: Randy S. Newman. 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