Lunatic Friend

I know this respectable individual with a great personality
Struggles on the inside
A really nice guy, but I'm afraid he lacks conviction
Got these mental reservations concerning his own life, let alone
Why? He doesn't know why
Guess I'm lookin' for some changes for
My lunatic friend

You see, he's been accosted by the local
Self-righteous vigilantes
In the name of God, with a Scripture or two
And he believes, but he's not sure who his friends are
Or if they'd still be hangin' around with him
Boy, if they ever really knew

Guess I'm lookin' for some understanding
For my lunatic friend
Sometimes I wonder if there's any help
For my lunatic friend
Yeah, sometimes I cry for the love he's abusing
My lunatic friend
Lookin' for a healing for a lunatic

Say, I've got this lunatic friend
Altogether now, with feeling, once more
Shall we sing
I've got this lunatic friend
I've got this lunatic friend!

Be careful what you say, who you say it to
Don't give yourself away

Now there's an attractive inner circle in the eye
Of a hurricane
A kind of peace on the inside
But it moves with the storm
And it's a quiet strength in the midst of this raging desperation
All around me I'd like to find
But I find myself torn
I'm not lookin' for me, you understand
It's for my lunatic friend

Sometimes I wonder if there's any help
For my lunatic friend