Real Life Friend
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |
| Released | 2020 | |
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |
| Status | Released | |
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This song is part of the "I Can't Find the Words" lineage of songs
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"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
- Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years (2020)
Overview
The chorus for "Real Life Friend" was later used as the bridge to the 2015 demo "I Can't Find the Words".
Lyrics
This place is kinda funky
And I don't think I'll ever get used to it
We're surrounded by sycophants
Searching for a butt to kiss
Terminator people hunting
Money and celebrity
Killing everything that isn't superficiality
What I need is a real-life friend
Someone natural and authentic
Can we both just let our guards down?
Can I show you?
Would you be my real-life friend?
We'd connect, low tech, intimate
Holding hands, no sweat, but it's genuine
Now and then we can have arguments
But it ain't any threat to our partnership
Would you be my real-life friend?
Would you be my real-life
It's kind of embarrassing
That I met you in a place like this
I admit I was a player
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 a real-life friend
Someone natural and authentic
Can we both just let our guards down?
Can I show you?
Would you be my real-life friend?
We'd connect, low tech, intimate
Holding hands, no sweat, but it's genuine
Now and then we can have arguments
But it ain't any threat to our partnership
Would you be my real-life friend?
Would you be my real-life friend?
We Photoshop profile pics on social networks
Each pixel is perfect, but something inside hurts
We all want connection to someone who gets us
But we'll never get it until we are honest
What I need is a real-life friend
Someone natural and authentic
Can we both just let our guards down?
Can I show you?
Would you be my real-life friend?
We'd connect, low tech, intimate
Holding hands, no sweat, but it's genuine
Now and then we can have arguments
But it ain't any threat to our partnership
Would you be my real-life friend?
Would you be my real-life
Would you be my real-life friend?
Would you be my real-life
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | Work 6-23-2012 12h57m47s.mp3 | June 23, 2012 | 1:04 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
| Rivers Cuomo | Work 6-23-2012 13h2m41s.mp3 | June 23, 2012 | 0:38 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | |||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 5.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 4:09 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 6.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 4:09 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 7.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 4:09 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 8.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 3:50 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 9.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 3:53 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 10 edit.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 3:35 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 11.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 3:44 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 11 BGV ONLY.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 3:44 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 11 INST NO BASS NO.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 3:44 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Real Life Friend | Real Life Friend 11 LEAD VOC ONLY.mp3 | 2011—2014 | 3:44 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| For additional demos, see "I Can't Find the Words" | |||||||