Be My Friend

Reflections on the one who got away, so very long ago...

Remake of one of our earliest songs using new vocals and backing track.

All the instruments you hear are from the 2026 _MALAISE.STY RealStyle. All the braying is me.

There are three guitars in this style. The first part of the song uses two of the guitars. The middle part uses just the third guitar. The last part uses all three. The tom-heavy drums won't be to everyone's taste, but they are intended to reflect the narrator's undertow of leftover emotion...

THANK YOU in advance for any listens and comments. They mean SO much. These lyrics are from 1981, and this will be the first time anyone has heard them.

R.W. Davis: Lyrics
Me: Music, arrangement, vocals, harmonies, BGVs, guitar fills & outro, mix, master
Freepik.com: graphic
AI: Not used

Style is _MALAISE.STY (Malaise Alt Jangle Pop Rock)
RealTracks in style: 4363:Bass, Electric, MetalModernJoshAB Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 3733:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrungeRockArp Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 3718:Guitar, Baritone Acoustic, Rhythm Americana8ths Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 3768:Guitar, 12-String Electric, Rhythm ModernPopBrent Ev 120
RealDrums in style: MetalSlowBigTomGroove: a: Toms, Snare b: Busy Big Toms, Snare
Guitar fills: Washburn USA LS-93 Strat clone, Spider V 30 amp

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Be My Friend

“Be my friend tonight”
That’s all you ever said you wanted from me
Friends tonight

I won’t even turn down the light
You can go and I’ll be alright

We were kids
That’s right
Too young to know and
Too weak to fight
Too little patience
To wait for it all
Two hearts in limbo with
Too far to fall

Who was I? Just me
Too dumb to know and
Too numb to speak
Too irrational
To think things through
Too selfish and thoughtless
To even ask you

So, what happened to us?
What happened to us happens to the best of us
We weren’t cut out to be cut-out dolls
Or obscene graffiti on public walls
Just something you said when I called

“Be my friend tonight”
That’s all you ever said you wanted from me
Friends tonight

I won’t even turn down the light
You can go and I’ll be alright
I’ve got other girls to hold me tight
And stay with me through the lonely night
And share with me what’s in their heart
And be more-than-friends from the start

We were kids....

Last edited by DC Ron; Yesterday at 05:52 PM.
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