EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND BY JOHN FLYNN


A PACHYDERM IN PAKISTAN IS PACKING UP HIS TRUNK
THE WORLD’S LONELIEST ELEPHANT IS LEAVIN’
THE ZOO WHERE HE’S BEEN LIVING SUCH A LONG TIME IN A FUNK
TO SET OFF FOR CAMBODIA AND FREEDOM

‘CAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND,
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND
DON’T THEY?

SINCE HIS BEST FRIEND SAHELI DIED IN TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE
SAVAAN SHOOK HIS HEAD PACING HIS ENCLOSURE
WHICH IN ELEPHANT MEANS I COULD USE A LITTLE HELP
BUT FOR SO LONG NO ONE SEEMED TO NOTICE

THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND,
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND
DON’T THEY?

I KNOW I DO
I KNOW I DO
HOW ABOUT YOU
DON’T YOU NEED ONE TOO
I’M HERE IF YOU DO

A SINGER NAME OF CHER HEARD OF SAVAAN AND RAISED A CRY
SHE WENT AND TOLD THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD ABOUT HIM
UNTIL THAT ZOO IN PAKISTAN GOT ORDERS WORD FROM ON HIGH
TO FIND A GAME PRESERVE TO TAKE KAVAAN IN

‘CAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND,
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND
EVERYBODY NEEDS A FRIEND
DON’T THEY?

A PACHYDERM IN PAKISTAN IS PACKING UP HIS TRUNK


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