So many people
Are needing me
For me there’s never anything in it
So many people
Hang onto me
But I never regret it for a minute
The guy I met in the army or the guy I knew for years
My best friend and my girlfriend fight until one of them is driven to tears
I put so much of my heart
Into caring for my friends
Till I feel like I’m gonna drop
I’m gonna go off the deep end
Caring for my friends
But until then
I’m not gonna stop
So many people
Ask me to call
They wanna hear what I have to say, to get some advice
Sometimes it leads to
Breaking some law
And the consequences of that aren’t too nice
Well sometimes I gotta take the law in my own hands
And no price is too high when it comes to being with my friends
I put so much of my heart ...
I spend so much time and energy
Caring for the people that I love
That sometimes I feel like I’m going to lose my sanity.
Keeping all my friends sane is costing me
And sometimes I wonder if it’s all worth it
I usually reach a positive conclusion.
I guess I’ll never know until it’s too late
And the price to pay
As usual
Will be a heavy one
But until then I’m gonna keep on caring
Because I love these people
And they come first.
How much can a guy take till he does something rash?
When will people realize that my love for my friends can’t be dashed?
I put so much of my heart ...
©2023 The Hesh Inc.
Like many of my earlier songs, this was written during my army service in Israel in the mid-1980s. I was stationed in a remote base in the desert and was away for weeks at a time, but my friends back home were never far from my mind. When I would get home, it seemed like so many of them wanted a piece of me and there was not enough time during my limited furloughs for me to give all of them my undivided attention, as much as I wanted to. I wrote this because I wanted them to know that no matter what, I would always make the effort to "be there" for them, even when I couldn't be there in person. That message still stands.