Along by the canalnYou can see the remnants of last night's reverienAs left by the local tenantsnBut these aren't the gifts they give free in shopping mallsnThis is real life that's sprayed across the tunnel wallsnnYou know who your friends arenYou know who your friends arenThey're the ones who want to see you go farnYou know who your friends arennThe last time you tried to leave here for a working holidaynYou said your mother needed you two thousand miles awaynBut no sooner on the tarmac you were met to be toldnWe've been waiting for younYou just can't leave the foldnnYou know who your friends arenYou know who your friends arenThey're the ones who want to see you go farnYou know who your friends arennThey'll never let you gonThey'll never let you know who your friends arenKnow who your friends arennThey say that loyalty is just for those who've earned itnIs that why they stole the sofa from your parking space and burned itnYou were hoping you could leave here with some teeth still in your headnBut your friends on curtain row would rather see you deadnnYou know who your friends arenYou know who your friends arenThey're the ones who want to see you go farnYou know who your friends are