I´m feelin´ so good right now
There´s a handsome boy tells me how I changed his past
He buys me a brandy
But could it be he´s really just after my ass?

He likes the clothes I wear
He says he likes a man who´s dressed in season
But no one else ever stares, he´s being so kind
What´s the reason?

How many friends have I really got?
You can count them on one hand.
How many friends have I really got?
How many friends have I really got?
That love me, that want me, that´ll take me as I am?

Suddenly it´s the silver screen
And a face so beautiful that I have to cry out
Everybody hears me
But I look like a fool now
With a cry and I shy out
She knows all of my friends
But it´s nice to find a woman who can stay home late
Now I think I´ve reached the end
I wonder in the dead of night - how do I rate?

How many friends have I really got?
How many friends have I really got?
How many friends have I really got?
That love me, that want me, that´ll take me as I am?

BRIDGE
It´s all like a dream you know
When you´re still up early in the morning
And you all sit together to watch the sun come through
But things don´t look so good
When you could use a bit of warning
Then you know that no one will ever speak the truth about you

How many friends have I really got?
How many friends have I really got?
How many friends have I really got?
That love me, that want me, that´ll take me as I am?

When I first signed a contract
It was more than a handshake then
I know it still is
But there´s a plain fact
We talk so much shit behind each other´s backs
I get the willies
People know nothing about their own soft gut
So how come they can sum us up
Without suffering all the hype we´ve known
How come they bum us up

How many friends have I really got?
Well, you can count ´em on the one hand
How many friends have I really got?
How many friends have I really got?
That love me, that want me, that´ll take me as I am?