My Invisible Friend

If you should catch me talking to nobody there,

or smiling sweetly at the empty air,

don’t be alarmed; it’s just my invisible friend.

If I’m preoccupied please don’t think I’m rude,

or if I take a double helping of food,

it’s just a little caretaking for my invisible friend.

We’ve been together since I learned to sleep;

we’ve been through dreams and denials,

we’ve drudged and dozed.

We made a pact that I mean to keep:

we said “Let’s don’t let go” and I won’t let go!

He doesn’t listen to his other friends who say I’m not real.

He says it’s all a matter of how you feel

and he sticks up for me, my invisible friend.

He’s seen me pissed off and he’s seen me cry;

And he sticks up for me when I don’t know how.

I wanted to leave him; I wanted to die;

He said: “Do what you got to, but I would miss you, buddy.”

Now we’re gonna have a big party, invite all of you --

No one will know what’s going on except us two

But we’re quite used to that, me and my invisible friend.

words and music by Howard Kranz