A Friend In The World - Matthew West

She always said the world was overrated

And she couldn’t take the drama it created

It’s a wonder that she didn’t wind up jaded

From all the times she’s been let down

Well, Mum and Dad split up when she was four years old

And left the world as she knew it spinning out of control

And she grew up feeling a hole in her soul

Cause they were never around

She said, «why's everybody always leaving?

I just want someone to believe in

And someone to believe in me»

When you can’t find a friend in the world

A friend in the world

Love is reaching down

When you can’t find a friend in the world

A friend in the world

You got one now

I grew up in the glass house of a preacher

Where every move I ever made was a feature

And when you don’t always do what they teach you

They always point you out

But it’s just like TobyMac used to say

«Some people gotta learn the hard way»

And when I couldn’t outrun all the things I’d done

I picked up the phone and my dad said, «son»

When you can’t find a friend in the world

A friend in the world

Love is reaching down

When you can’t find a friend in the world

A friend in the world

You got one now

This is where the story gets crazy

And this is the part that’s so amazing

You see, the girl I sang about in the first verse

Became my wife

And there’s one last thing I’d like to mention

We owe it all to the Author of redemption!

Because He reached her life and He reached my life —

And He’s reaching out now take a look around

When you can’t find a friend in the world

A friend in the world

Love is reaching down

When you can’t find a friend in the world

A friend in the world

You got one now