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That’s What Friends Are For Lyrics by J. Pat O’Malley, Chad Stuart, Bruce Reitherman, Bill Lee (Playback Singer)

The Jungle Book (Original Soundtrack)

1967

[VULTURES]
We're your friends
We're your friends
We're your friends to the bitter end
(The bitter end)
When you're alone (When you're alone)
Who comes around (Who comes around)
To pluck you up (To pluck you up)
When you are down? (When you are down)
And when you're outside, looking in
Who's there to open the door?
That's what friends are for!
Who's always eager to extend
A friendly claw?
That's what friends are for!
And when you're lost in dire need
Who's at your side at lightning speed?
We're friends with every creature comin' down the pike
In fact we never met an animal we didn't like!
[VULTURES and MOWGLI]
Didn't like!
[VULTURES]
So you can see
(We're friends in need)
We're friends in need
And friends in need
Are friends indeed!
(Are friends indeed!)
We'll keep you safe in the jungle
Forevermore...
[SHERE KHAN]
That's what friends are for!
Credits
J. Pat O’Malley

J. Pat O’Malley

Chad Stuart

Chad Stuart

Bruce Reitherman

Bruce Reitherman

Bill Lee (Playback Singer)

Bill Lee (Playback Singer)

About “That’s What Friends Are For” by J. Pat O’Malley

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"That’s What Friends Are For" appears on "The Jungle Book (Original Soundtrack)" in 1967.

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