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Paul Kelly and the Messengers – Know Your Friends (1987) | Track profile | Dork

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Paul Kelly and the Messengers
Under the Sun
Know Your Friends

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Paul Kelly and the Messengers

Know Your Friends

Release date: 1st November 1987

From Under the Sun

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About This Track

"Know Your Friends" is a track by Paul Kelly and the Messengers, from the album Under the Sun, released 1st November 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

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Paul Kelly and the Messengers

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Lyrics

Know Your Friends

She catches taxis, he likes walking to the station

She goes to parties, he goes with her just to please her

They go round-round and round

Out at a restaurant she's a little high and mighty

He wants to kiss her, he's full of piss and peace and beauty

They go round-round and round

Know your friends, know your friends

You gotta have one, one to lean on

She has a problem with some man who stayed and then ran

He's understanding but oh how his heart is breaking

They go round-round and round

Know your friends, know your friends

You gotta have one, one to lean on

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Track details

From Under the Sun

1987

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Paul Kelly and the Messengers

Release year

1987

—Dumb Things
—Big Heart
—Don't Stand So Close to the Window
—Desdemona
—Bicentennial
—I Don't Remember a Thing
—Bradman
—Crosstown
—Forty Miles to Saturday Night
—Happy Slave
—Know Your Friends
—Pastures of Plenty
—Same Old Walk
—Under the Sun
—Untouchable
—To Her Door

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Writer: Paul Kelly
Producer: Alan Thorne, Paul Kelly