Paul Kelly - Would You Be My Friend? lyrics

If I fell into confusion Got scared but couldn't say If I lost my rhyme and reason And threw away the gift of grace Would you be my friend? If they said I don't deserve you That my credit was no good If they told you I'm not worthy of your love And you should cut me like you cut dead wood Would you be my friend? And if you heard that I was on the town Pissing loudly on your name Would you find me, would you face me down? Though your ears burned with shame Would you be my friend? And if I said I wished I'd never been born And my mouth could only curse If I'd pa**ed the point of no return Like a poor, puking child in church Would you be my friend? My only friend