Friends Right Till the End

Someone once said that while you can't choose your family you can choose your friends. Well at least half of that is true. Family is such a subjective word, there are many people that I am related to that aren't my family. There are also those that I'm not related to that certainly are family.

I'm lucky in that I've been able to pick some pretty awesome family members over the years (then I guess at times they might have picked me). When the wheels seem to be coming off there's usually someone with some superglue. Fair enough it might not be quite the same as in the beginning, but really that's just a detail.

Here is a classic from Queen, celebrating the fact that your friends are always there, right to the end.

Another red letter day
So the pound has dropped and the children are creating
The other half ran away
Taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber
Got a pain in the chest
Doctor's on strike what you need is a rest

It's not easy love but you've got friends you can trust
Friends will be friends
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention
Friends will be friends
When you're through with life and all hope is lost
Hold out your hands cos friends will be friends right till the
end

Now it's a beautiful day
The postman delivered a letter from your lover
Only a phone call away
You tried to track him down but somebody stole his number
As a matter of fact
You're getting used to life without him in your way

It's so easy now 'cos you got friends you can trust
Friends will be friends
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention
Friends will be friends
When you're through with life and all hope is lost
Hold out your hands cos friends will be friends right till the
end

It's so easy now 'cos you got friends you can trust
Friends will be friends
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention
Friends will be friends
When you're through with life and all hope is lost
Hold out your hands cos friends will be friends right till the
end

Friends will be friends
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention
Friends will be friends
When you're through with life and all hope is lost
Hold out your hands 'cos right till the end-
Friends will be friends..yeah!

I've always said friends are stars, you don't always see them, but it is at the darkest times that they shine the brightest. Nothing would suggest otherwise to me.