You’ve Got A Friend
Published May 1, 2008
Sejak dulu aku selalu suka dengan lagu You’ve Got A Friend. Selain lagunya memang sedap, bagiku liriknya dahsyat!
Kali pertama dipopulerkan oleh Carole King pada tahun 1971 lewat album Tapestry. Tapi aku sendiri mengenal lagu You’ve Got A Friend melalui suara Michael Jackson di album Got To Be There (1972).
Memang ada puluhan cover versions dari lagu ini. Terhitung puluhan penyanyi yang pernah merekam lagu You’ve Got A Friend ke dalam berbagai aransemen.
Ada data menarik tentang album Tapestry. Bahwa sebelum Michael Jackson mengeluarkan Thriller pada 1982, Tapestry adalah top-selling pop solo album of all time dengan penjualan total 13 juta kopi pada 1971.
Sementara begitu Thriller dirilis, top-selling album of all time bergeser. Penjualan Thriller mencapai 40 juta kopi (kini sudah di atas 100 juta kopi). Soal penjualan album kedua penyanyi tentu tak ada korelasinya hanya karena kedua penyanyi sempat merekam lagu yang sama.
Tapi siapapun penyanyi dan bagaimana pun aransemennya, tetap: liriknya memang dahsyat!
Simak liriknya!
You’ve Got A Friend
When youre down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.
You just call out my name,
And you know whereever I am
Ill come running, oh yeah baby
To see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Youve got a friend.
If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name and you know where ever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And Ill be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, aint it good to know that youve got a friend?
People can be so cold.
Theyll hurt you and desert you.
Well theyll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but dont you let them.
You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Oh babe, dont you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all youve got to do is call.
Lord, Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
