Are Friends Electric ? Songtext / Lyric

It's cold outside

And the paint's peeling off of my walls

There's a man outside

In a long coat, gray hat, smoking a cigarette



Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh



Now the light fades out

And I'm only 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



Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh



So now I'm alone

Now I can think for myself

About little deals and S.U.'s

And things that I just don't understand



Like a white lie that night

Or a slight touch at times

I don't think it meant anything to you






Oh oh oh

Oh oh oh



Oh oh oh

Oh oh



So I open the door

It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway

"Please sit down"

A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed



Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh



You know I hate to ask

(But are friends electric?)

[Incomprehensible] mine's broke down

And now I've no one to love



Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh



Oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh



So I find out your reason

For the phone calls and smiles

And it hurts and I'm lonely

And I should never have tried



And I missed you tonight

So it's time to leave

You see this means everything to me



Oh oh oh

Oh oh oh



Oh oh oh

Oh oh