Intro: (x4) verse 1 Hey I was just wondering if anyone was sitting here And if not, would it be okay if someone bought you a beer Let's say that someone wanted to dance Would he have any snowballin' hell of a chance To get you out on the floor before this slow song ends Yeah, I'm just asking for a friend verse 2 He ain't ever been any good at laying it all out on the line I swear down deep, believe me girl, he's a really good guy If you can find it in your heart just to cut him some slack He'd be johnny-on-the-spot here in two seconds flat Yeah, he's holding his breath, come on give him a second with you Oh yeah Yeah what do you say It's Friday night and you're beautiful, so beautiful What man wouldn't make you the love of his life He'd be a fool, he'd be a fool Just one drink would sure mean a lot to him Yeah, I'm just asking for a friend verse 3 Let's say this friend of mine went and messed up real bad And he'd do anything in this world, girl, to get you back Hey what kind of sorry would it take For a man to erase his worst mistake And would this even begin to make a dent Oh yeah Yeah what do you say It's Friday night and you're beautiful, so beautiful What man wouldn't make you the love of his life He'd be a fool, he'd be a fool I don't mean to ramble on like this Hey I'm just asking for a friend verse 4 Yeah what if I told you he hadn't slept in weeks He was standing right here in front of you instead of me Is there any way you could ever love him again Just asking for a friend