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"'''Real Life Friend'''" is a | "'''Real Life Friend'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Demos of the song were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' in [[2020]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | *''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The chorus for "Real Life Friend" was later used as the bridge to the [[2015]] demo "[[I Can't Find the Words]]". | The chorus for "Real Life Friend" was later used as the bridge to the [[2015]] demo "[[I Can't Find the Words]]". | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||Work 6-23-2012 12h57m47s.mp3|[[June 23]], [[2012]]||1:04|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||Work 6-23-2012 13h2m41s.mp3|[[June 23]], [[2012]]||0:38|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 5.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||4:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 6.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||4:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 7.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||4:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 8.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:50|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 9.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:53|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 10 edit.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:35|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 11.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:44|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 11 BGV ONLY.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:44|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 11 INST NO BASS NO.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:44|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Real Life Friend|Real Life Friend 11 LEAD VOC ONLY.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||3:44|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings note|For additional demos, see "[[I Can't Find the Words]]"}} | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>This place is kinda funky | <poem>This place is kinda funky | ||
We're surrounded by sycophants | And I don't think I'll ever get used to it | ||
Terminator people hunting | We're surrounded by sycophants | ||
Searching for a butt to kiss | |||
Terminator people hunting | |||
Money and celebrity | |||
Killing everything that isn't superficiality | Killing everything that isn't superficiality | ||
What I need is | What I need is a real-life friend | ||
Someone natural and authentic | |||
Someone natural | Can we both just let our guards down? | ||
Can we both just | |||
Can I show you? | Can I show you? | ||
Would you be my real-life friend? | Would you be my real-life friend? | ||
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Would you be my real-life | Would you be my real-life | ||
It's kind of embarrassing | It's kind of embarrassing | ||
I admit I was a player | That I met you in a place like this | ||
Guess that we were sick of | I admit I was a player | ||
'Cause now we wanna chuckle | And you probably were a groupie chick | ||
Guess that we were sick of | |||
All the battles that we fought and lost | |||
'Cause now we wanna chuckle | |||
When we think about the dreadful cost | |||
What I need is | What I need is a real-life friend | ||
Someone natural and authentic | |||
Someone natural | Can we both just let our guards down? | ||
Can we both just | |||
Can I show you? | Can I show you? | ||
Would you be my real-life friend? | Would you be my real-life friend? | ||
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But we'll never get it until we are honest | But we'll never get it until we are honest | ||
What I need is | What I need is a real-life friend | ||
Someone natural and authentic | |||
Someone natural | Can we both just let our guards down? | ||
Can we both just | |||
Can I show you? | Can I show you? | ||
Would you be my real-life friend? | Would you be my real-life friend? | ||