Fairweather Friends Lyrics

[Verse 1: Josh Homme]
Is there anyone out there?
Or am I walkin' alone?

When I turned around and found that you'd gone before
The first rain could fall


[Pre-Chorus: Josh Homme]
It seems every single time I was bleedin'
Broken promises that never came true
Well, it ain't so long before the dawn
When the sun is gone, well, so are
Well, so are you


[Chorus: Josh Homme & Elton John]
So what's it gonna take
To get you back in bed?
Gossips, frauds, or snakes
They're just our best fairweather friends (Fairweather friends)
Fairweather friends (Fairweather friends)


[Verse 2: Josh Homme]
One day, when we're far away
From everything that hurts
Drink wine and screw is all we'll do
Every day, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus: Josh Homme, Elton John, Trent Reznor, Josh Homme & Elton John]
So what's it gonna take
To get you back in bed?
Gossips, frauds, or snakes
They're just our best fairweather friends (Fairweather friends)

You know the hour's late (You're under blue sky)
Don't let 'em in your head (Fairweather friends) (You're under)
I'm gonna pray for rain again and again
Fairweather friends
Fairweather friends


[Outro: Josh Homme]
Fairwe–
I don't give a shit about them anyhow

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Genius Annotation

Josh has said that this song is about how his friend’s reacted to him having a hard time getting back into the swing of being a musician after his botched surgery. Some of them stuck with him through it and some of them… well… it appears he doesn’t give a shit about ‘em anyhow.

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Josh has said that this song is about how his friend’s reacted to him having a hard time getting back into the swing of being a musician after his botched surgery.

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