When You Stand To Fight The Good Fight

When You Stand To Fight The Good Fight ¹

A friend is one who’ll stand with you

When you stand to fight the good fight

And you’re standing there alone.

A friend is one to shield the blows

When you’re down and bent and on your knees

And kneeling there alone.

A friend is one to risk his own

When your money’s spent and you’re stripped to bone

When your money’s spent and you’re down to bone

A friend will come and risk his own.

A friend is one to bring the light

In your darkest hour when you still must fight

When it’s dark and you hurt and you still must fight

A friend will come and bring the light.

If you need a friend and you’re bloody red

In the dark of night in a bloody bed

And you hurt and you ache, feeling almost dead

A friend will come, a friend will come,

a friend will come to shield your head.

A friend will come,

When you stand to fight the good fight.