Jimi Hendrix — My Friend - Anthology Version

[Instrumental] [Verse 1] Before I could ask "Was it the East or West side?" My feet they howled in pain The wheels of a bandwagon cut very deep But not as deep in my mind as the rain As they pulled away, I could see her words Stagger and fall on my muddy tent I picked them up, brushed them off To see what they said And you wouldn't believe "Come around to my room, with the tooth in the middle And bring along the bottle and a president" [Chorus] And eh sometimes it's not so easy, baby Especially when your only friend Talks, sees, looks and feels like you And you do just the same as him (Gets very lonely up this road, baby) (Yeah, hmmm, yeah) (Got more to say) [Verse 2] Well I'm riding through LA (huh) On a bicycle built for a fool And I seen one of my old buddies And he say, "You don't look the way you usually do" I say, "Well, some people look like a coin-box" He says, "Looks like you have got no coins to spare" And I laid back and I thought to myself, and I said this I just picked up my pride from underneath the pay phone And combed this breath right out of my hair [Chorus] And eh sometimes it's not so easy Especially when your only friend Talks, sees, looks and feels like you And you do just the same as him [Verse 3] I just got out of a Scandinavian jail And I'm on my way straight home to you But I feel so dizzy, I take a quick look in the mirror To make sure my friend's here with me too And you know good well I don't drink coffee So you fill my cup full of sand And the frozen tea leaves on the bottom Cherry lipstick around the broken edge And my coat that you let your dog lay by the fire on And your cat he attacks me from his pill-box ledge And I thought you were my friend too Man, my shadow comes in line before you [Chorus] I'm finding out that it's not so easy, baby Especially when your only friend Talks, sees, looks and feels like you And you do the same just like him