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That's What Friends Are for (The Vulture Song)

Bruce Reitherman, Digby Wolfe, Thurl Ravenscroft, J. Pat O'Malley & Tim Hudson

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bruce Reitherman

Bruce Reitherman

Performer

Chad Stuart

Performer

Digby Wolfe

Performer

J. Pat O'Malley

J. Pat O'Malley

Performer

Thurl Ravenscroft

Thurl Ravenscroft

Performer

Tim Hudson

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Richard M. Sherman

Richard M. Sherman

Composer

Robert B. Sherman

Robert B. Sherman

Composer

Lyrics

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, that's, what, 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

Coming down the pike

In fact we've never met an animal

We didn't like, didn't like

So you can see (So you can see)

We're friends in need (We're friends in need)

And friends in need (And friends in need)

Are friends indeed (Are friends indeed)

We'll keep you safe

In the jungle forevermore

That's what friends are for

Written by: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman

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