Best Friend

Verse 1

I've got a couple buddies I've known since school

We still get together when we get the chance

But they don't know the things that you do

And they don't know the man I am

They've seen me laughing on a Friday night

Seen me mad enough to lose my cool

But you've seen me sitting on the edge of that bed

With tears I couldn't hide from you

And you didn't try to find the answers

Didn't tell me I oughta be tough

You just laid your head against my shoulder

Like being there was enough

Chorus

You're the first one I wanna call

When something good comes around

And the only one I wanna see

When everything comes crashing down

You're the one I wanna grow old with

The one I wanna make laugh

And if somebody asks me what I found in you

I'd tell 'em everything I never knew I had

'Cause I could spend my whole life loving you

And still wish I had a little more

You're the best friend I ever had

And the girl I thank the good Lord for

Verse 2

I love those rides when we ain't going nowhere

And you got your feet up on the dash

How you'll start telling me about your day

And somehow an hour goes by that fast

And I know I ain't the easiest man

Got a stubborn streak a country mile long

But you can tell when something's weighing on me

Before I ever say what's wrong

I used to think that love was flowers

And saying all the right things

Now I know it's having somebody

Who stays when life ain't what you dreamed

Chorus

You're the first one I wanna call

When something good comes around

And the only one I wanna see

When everything comes crashing down

You're the one I wanna grow old with

The one I wanna make laugh

And if somebody asks me what I found in you

I'd tell 'em everything I never knew I had

'Cause I could spend my whole life loving you

And still wish I had a little more

You're the best friend I ever had

And the girl I thank the good Lord for

Bridge

And someday when we're old and gray

And the house gets quiet at night

I hope we're sitting on that front porch

With your hand holding mine

And if you ask me if I'd change a thing

About the life we made back then

I'd tell you I'd live every hard day twice

Just to fall for you again

Chorus

You'll still be the first one I wanna tell

When something good comes my way

And if my memory starts slipping

I pray your smile's the one that stays

And if the good Lord gives me eighty years

I'll spend 'em all holding your hand

'Cause the best thing I ever did in this life

Was love you the best way I can

And when they ask me what I loved the most

When my time down here is through

I'll tell 'em I had a best friend

And I got to spend my life loving her too