AN PIERLE - ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC? lyrics

It's cold outside

and the paint's peeling off of my walls.

There's a man outside

in a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette.

Now the light fades out

and I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this.

There's a knock on the door

and just for a second I thought I remembered you.

You know I hate to ask

but are friends electric?

So I open the door

it's the 'friend' that I'd left in the hallway.

I said, "Please sit down"

A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed.

You know I hate to ask

but are friends electric?

Only mine broke down

and now I've no one to love.

(c) An Pierlé