“Inside Friend” marks the first collaboration between Leon Bridges and singer-songwriter John Mayer. It was written during an impromptu jam session after Mayer hit up Bridges, hearing that he was in Los Angeles along with friends Keite Young and Jason Burt.
“Inside Friend” originally told the story...
[Intro: Leon Bridges & John Mayer]
You can be my inside friend
You can be my inside friend
[Verse 1: Leon Bridges]
Slide through when you want (Slide)
You know I want to put you on (Put you on)
It's evil out there (It's evil out there)
Let's keep it at home (Oh baby), so come on
I wanna see you slide across the kitchen floor (Slide across the kitchen floor)
Can't give you more but—
[Chorus: Leon Bridges & John Mayer]
You can be my inside friend
You can be my inside friend (Darlin' you)
My inside friend (Love right there)
Won't you be my inside friend? (You and you)
[Verse 2: Leon Bridges]
Come through with your hair still wet
Yoga pants, sweatshirt on the bed
Heart heavy and your week been crazy
We can be lazy, baby embrace me
And this feeling so right
Don't think about leaving anytime tonight
[Verse 3: John Mayer]
You can just slide across my kitchen floor
And tell me goodbye
And just see yourself right out my door
Come back through, when you want to
If you do
Or never call me anymore
That's what inside friends are for
[Chorus: Leon Bridges & John Mayer]
You can be my inside friend (Oh woah-woah, woah)
You can be my inside friend (Oh I wanna be)
My inside friend (Na, na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na)
Won't you be my inside friend? (Don't you wanna be? Don't you wanna be? Don't you wanna be my—)
Inside Friend was written by Leon Bridges & Keite Young & John Mayer & Jason Burt.
Inside Friend was produced by John Mayer.
Leon Bridges released Inside Friend on Fri Apr 10 2020.
Yes, “Inside Friend” marks the first-ever collaboration between Leon Bridges and John Mayer.
The concept for ‘Inside Friend’ came about from Mayer and I joking around in the studio about what an ideal date for an introvert or homebody like myself would be. I tour most of the year, so I’d rather invite a gal over to lounge comfortably in the crib as opposed to go out somewhere crowded. ‘Insi...