Why so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nnManny don't need no comforting nHe just ask of himself to bring him up nAint gonna see him waiting on, waiting on, waiting on a day nGot him a chair in '73 nIt was his only option so Manny agreed nSame chair he has today nSince they threw the cane away nnAnd Manny he been doing nothing he just doing his own thing nYou know it's getting pretty cold out by the jub jub swing nLiving with his sister till he got too big to roll in so he rolled out nnOh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up, I'm not so... nnWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nnAnd Manny you know everything always mattered to him nWe've gone down past Fall River all the way to Tiverton nWatching Manny fall, you know he just don't know nOld man where'd you get the love that you sold nHe don't know how he go and the wise man say nYoung Manny said I'm going to the vineyard today nAnd yeah he go on ways to bide his time nYou know he loves you when he forgets your name nnOh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up nOh this friend today right me up nOh this friend today right me up, I'm not so... nn'Cause my back isn't working, my feet not too well nMy life isn't holding my body too well n'Cause my back isn't working, my feet, no not too well nMy life isn't working my body too well nnBut the bottle, is not empty, 'cause your voices are all there nMy life, will fight, my body for air n'Cause the bottle, is not empty, 'cause your voices are all there nMy life, will fight, my body for air nnManny we gonna get that AM dial just right nI'll hold up that hanger up as long as the Sox put up a fight nYou know reception on this island was never so tight nAlways left us pining away for more nnOh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up, I'm not so... nnOh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up nAnd oh this friend today right me up, I'm not so way, way, way, way... nnWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why nWhy so many why so many why