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The Pretenders — You Know Who Your Friends Are
Album: Loose Screw
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Released: 2002
Length: 3:23
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Along by the canal
You can see the remnants of last night's reverie
As left by the local tenants
But these aren't the gifts they give free in shopping malls
This is real life that's sprayed across the tunnel walls

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They're the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

The last time you tried to leave here for a working holiday
You said your mother needed you two thousand miles away
But no sooner on the tarmac you were met to be told
We've been waiting for you
You just can't leave the fold

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They're the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are

They'll never let you go
They'll never let you know who your friends are
Know who your friends are

They say that loyalty is just for those who've earned it
Is that why they stole the sofa from your parking space and burned it
You were hoping you could leave here with some teeth still in your head
But your friends on curtain row would rather see you dead

You know who your friends are
You know who your friends are
They're the ones who want to see you go far
You know who your friends are
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Don’t hear this tune anywhere but here. (TY, RP!!!) Chrissie is lovely to listen to. The Pretenders are way ok  in my book! 
Posted 1 year ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
Since 1978. Amazing.
Posted 2 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
so fine and what a voice she has - a true star
Posted 3 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
 richlister wrote:
Come on Chrissie, I know you can find that note, keep going through them, you'll find it, even if you have to create a new one.
 

What you smoking man?  Her intonation is fine.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 paulpaar wrote:
This amurikin wench of fame reminds me of former wife wench.

C
chris wind, as in HOT AiR: bullchit mirror - repetitious californicator. Or is she tijeros?scary either way . A liar.
 
...and she divorced you, too?
Posted 4 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

We be dancing...  love it...
 
 
Haven't seen you dancing for quite a while, Lazarus. What's up?
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Chrissy is a great writer.
Posted 5 years ago by Boxie    [ Reply ]
BUG: "Cosmic Love Child — Television Saved My Life"  and  "The Pretenders — You Know Who Your Friends Are" plays in the same time.
Posted 8 years ago by ico    [ Reply ]

We be dancing...  love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Upon further reflection...   This is brilliant !

 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
I would have to agree with these folks...

 
unclehud wrote:
 misterbearbaby wrote:

A fine husky intense voice and she sings excellent material. She's up there with Bonnie, Annie and Joni, in my book.


Amen, brother.   Those four wonderful women are, like, the soundtrack to heaven, man.  And Chrissie is still kickin it.

 


Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Been a huge Pretenders fan since track 1. So real.
Posted 11 years ago by mjmurphy61    [ Reply ]

This song is soooo good for the ears...  and the heart...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Love Chrissie & The Pretenders, but this is not by a long way one of her best.
Posted 11 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
Thought this was Aimee Mann, for a moment. Nice.
Posted 11 years ago by rushed    [ Reply ]
 misterbearbaby wrote:

A fine husky intense voice and she sings excellent material. She's up there with Bonnie, Annie and Joni, in my book.


Amen, brother.   Those four wonderful women are, like, the soundtrack to heaven, man.  And Chrissie is still kickin it.
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Come on Chrissie, I know you can find that note, keep going through them, you'll find it, even if you have to create a new one.
Posted 12 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
Saw her a couple of years ago. Awesome.
Posted 12 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
Thought was new POE. But pleasantly surprised to see it's Chrissie.
Posted 12 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]

A fine husky intense voice and she sings excellent material. She's up there with Bonnie, Annie and Joni, in my book.


Posted 13 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Chrissie's from Ohio. 

 seabell wrote:

Are you a turkey? Sound a lot like one to me.

Chrissie Hynde's voice is virtually patentable, and not because of some gimmick. She's unique and immediately identifiable to any connoisseur of the 'femvoc' genre as a diva - in the true sense of the word. Oh, and she's a Brit, you oaf.
 


Posted 13 years ago by Vicey    [ Reply ]
 paulpaar wrote:
This amurikin wench of fame reminds me of former wife wench. C
chris wind, as in HOT AiR: bullchit mirror - repetitious californicator. Or is she tijeros?scary either way . A liar.
 
Are you a turkey? Sound a lot like one to me.

Chrissie Hynde's voice is virtually patentable, and not because of some gimmick. She's unique and immediately identifiable to any connoisseur of the 'femvoc' genre as a diva - in the true sense of the word. Oh, and she's a Brit, you oaf.
Posted 13 years ago by seabell    [ Reply ]
I'm really digging this
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
This is potentially good advice. A tune I haven't really heard much before. Chrissy sounds really good here.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
For a second I thought Poe had released something new
Posted 15 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
Not their strongest track by a long shot, but I like it.
Posted 15 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
This amurikin wench of fame reminds me of former wife wench.

C
chris wind, as in HOT AiR: bullchit mirror - repetitious californicator. Or is she tijeros?scary either way . A liar.
Posted 15 years ago by paulpaar    [ Reply ]