You know how to have a friend, but you never learned to be one.

Verse 1

Another Sunday call I never planned for

You keep the score where I don't count

Ten years of favors filed away like tax returns

You cash them out when things go south

You laugh at my ideas at every dinner

Then borrow them by Tuesday afternoon

I'm the road you drive on never thanked for

The mechanic that you blame when it breaks soon

Pre-Chorus

And I keep showing up like it's a habit

Some old reflex I can't shake off

But the ledger's getting heavy

And my patience's wearing thin

Chorus

You know how to have a friend

But you never learned to be one

You know every line to say

Till the moment that I need one

We could talk it out for hours

You'd still come out on top

Yeah you know how to have a friend

But you never learned to be one

Verse 2

I cut my sentence short to hear your problems

You cut me off to tell your own

Every compliment you hand me has a footnote

A little sting to keep me low

You call my cautiousness a weakness

Call my honesty a grudge

But I'm starting to suspect you need a mirror

More than you ever needed me much

Pre-Chorus

And I keep showing up like it's a habit

Some old reflex I can't shake off

But the ledger's getting heavy

And my self-respect's at stake

Chorus

You know how to have a friend

But you never learned to be one

You know every line to say

Till the moment that I need one

We could talk it out for hours

You'd still come out on top

Yeah you know how to have a friend

But you never learned to be one

Bridge

Used to think I owed you something

For the nights you pulled me through

Now I'm wondering if I was the only one

Who ever thought that that was true

Chorus

You know how to have a friend

But you never learned to be one

You know every line to say

Till the moment that I need one

We could talk it out for hours

You'd still come out on top

Yeah you know how to have a friend

But you never learned to be one