Along by the canal

You can see the remnants of last night's reverie

As left by the local tenants

But these aren't the gifts they give free in shopping malls

This is real life that's sprayed across the tunnel walls

You know who your friends are

You know who your friends are

They're the ones who want to see you go far

You know who your friends are

The last time you tried to leave here for a working holiday

You said your mother needed you two thousand miles away

But no sooner on the tarmac you were met to be told

We've been waiting for you

You just can't leave the fold

You know who your friends are

You know who your friends are

They're the ones who want to see you go far

You know who your friends are

They'll never let you go

They'll never let you know who your friends are

Know who your friends are

They say that loyalty is just for those who've earned it

Is that why they stole the sofa from your parking space and burned it

You were hoping you could leave here with some teeth still in your head

But your friends on curtain row would rather see you dead

You know who your friends are

You know who your friends are

They're the ones who want to see you go far

You know who your friends are