(Robert Johnson)

When you got a good friend

That will stay right by your side,

When you got a good friend

That will stay right by your side,

Give her all your spare time,

Love and treat her right.

I mistreated my baby

And I can't see no reason why.

I mistreated my baby

And I can't see no reason why.

Any time I think about it

I just wring my hands and cry.

Wonder could I ever apologize

Or would she sympathize with me?

Would she sympathize with me?

She's a brown-skin woman,

Just as sweet as a girlfriend can be.

Babe, I may be right or wrong.

Babe, it's your opinion,

Well, I may be right or wrong.

Watch your close friend, baby,

Then your enemies can't do you no harm.

When you got a good friend

That will stay right by your side,

When you got a good friend

That will stay right by your side,

Give her all your spare time,

Love and treat her right.