What It Means To Be A Friend Lyrics - 13 (original Broadway Cast Recording) - Aaron Simon Gross

Patrice: 

A friends not a cheap little phony creep 

Or a jerk trying to make a deal 

A friend is a person who, most of all, 

Cares about what you feel; 

And nothing is harder 

Than learning a friend isnt real 

A friend sends notes back and forth all day 

And doesn't care that you cant spell 

A friend knows you've got a crush on your teacher, 

But a friend would never tell 

A friends outside waiting 

The minute you both hear the bell 

And if your heart is always breaking 

Cause the world is just not fair 

When youre at your worst 

Your friends the first one there 

Giving you something to lean on 

And thats what it means to be a friend 

A friend wont smoke when shes in your room 

Or laugh at the poems you write 

A friend wont go start kissing your brother 

The minute that youre out of sight 

A friend is the person 

You call sixteen times every night 

And if your heart is always breaking 

And you want to run and hide 

When your hope is gone 

Your friend is on your side 

If someone moves in round the corner 

And you want to show him you care 

So you give him all your last month of vacation 

And all of the time you can spare 

But then, on the first day of classes 

He acts like youre not even there, 

Then he doesnt know 

He doesnt know! 

He'll never know what it means 

To be a friend