"A friend is someone who thinks you are a good egg"

Friends i have quite many
but only a few i would keep:
friends who know me as i am,
for what i am,
and how good or bad i am -
and still care...

For i know, I've not always been good,
neither have i been entirely bad -
for sometimes i've done as i should,
while at other times, i refused totally
to listen, when told what i should do
and what not do...

For it's times like these
that i feel i'm right
in wanting to do
what i feel is right;
it's times like these
that i stood my ground,
put on my war paint -
and showed my fangs,
or stomped the ground -
to face the odds,
to declare a world war!

And it's times like these
that i needed a friend -
to tell me i'm right,
to do what is right;
to right a wrong,
with feelings strong;
with the mightiest prong:
with words that express
my feelings strong:
the need to right a wrong...

So, dear friend:
be my friend -
give me support,
and all the help
that you can...
so i won't regret
to say: wait for me
for i'll join you down there -
where your ship had sunk, there...
when my job here
is done, i'll gladly declare -
see you down there...