Be Your Friend is a Soulful R&B Remake of the Original (1992) Blues Ballad by Theodis Ealey. Calvin reached back on this one, and it is ALWAYS a pleasure to see the New Artist embrace and celebrate the original recording artist. Calvin’s version is a sensational, sentimental song that speaks to...
LYRICS
((Spoken Word Intro)
You know everybody needs somebody to depend on. Somebody to, be there for you when things are going rough in life. I’d like to be the one that when the whole world is falling on you, I wanna be the one you could turn to
VERSE 1:
I’d like to be the one
On a cold winter’s night
Who would wine and dine you
By the fireplace, and the candle lights
VERSE 2:
And to sweet music
We’ll make love again and again…
Girl most of all, I just wanna be
I just wanna be the one that holds you
PRE-CHORUS:
(Whеn you're feeling sad)
The one that makеs you smile
(When you’re feeling bad)
Girl, it is what it is
(We don’t have to pretend)
Girl, I just wanna be
I just wanna be the one that holds you...
(When you feeling sad)
The one that makes you smile
(When you’re feeling bad)
Girl, it is what it is
(We don’t have to pretend)
Girl, I just wanna be
I just wanna be the one!
CHORUS
Be your friend (girl)
Let me be your friend (OH…)
Wanna stick by you…
Through thick and thin...
Let me be the one...
(The one you call on)
Swear I’ll never do you wrong
(I’ll never do you wrong...)
Oh… I just wanna be there for you
(When you NEED someone…)
BASS INTERLUDE
VERSE 3:
(I wanna be the one…)
When the morning comes...
You’ll wake up and you’ll look at me and you’ll say
You had so much fun
VERSE 4:
And may!!! Maybe, Baby! You’ll say to me
Let’s do it again, I guarantee, we’ll have a good time
Because you are my friend…
I wanna be the one that holds you…
PRE-CHORUS:
(When you're feeling sad)
The one that makes you smile
(When you’re feeling bad)
Said it is what it is
(We don’t have to pretend)
I Just Wanna Be, I just wanna be the one that holds you
(When you're feeling sad)
The one that makes you smile
(When you’re feeling bad)
Said it is, what it is (we don't have to pretend)
I just wanna be the one
CHORUS:
Be your friend
(I just wanna be the one that holds you)
Let me be your friend
I wanna stick by you…
Through thick and thin... (Through thick and thin)
Just let me be the one, you call on…
(The one you call on...)
I’ll never do you wrong
(I’ll never do you wrong...)
I just wanna be there for you
(When you need someone…)
Instruments to END
Be Your Friend was written by Theodis ealey & Calvin Richardson.
Be Your Friend was produced by Theodis ealey & Calvin Richardson.
Calvin Richardson released Be Your Friend on Fri Oct 25 2019.