What would you do if I banged up my foot?
Would you stand there and laugh heartily?
Send me your jeers as I'm singing this song
And completely humiliate me.

Oh, I get by with little help from my friends.
Yes, I get high with little help from my friends.
Mm, I'm gonna try with little help from my friends.

What do I do when my friends are away?
(Do they call you on the telephone?)
How do I feel, would I want them to stay?
(Are you sad because they aren't home?)

No, I get by with little help from my friends.
Oh, I'm gonna try with little help from my friends.
Yes, I get high with little help from my friends.

(Do you need anybody?)
I need someone with a brain.
(Could it be anybody?)
Not someone who's a pain.

(Would you believe in a friend full of spite?)
Yes I do because it happens all the time.
(What do you see when you go out at night?)
My friend's friends, he wouldn't want them mine.

Oh, I get by with little help from my friends.
Yes, I'm gonna try with little help from my friends.
Mm, I get high with little thanks to my friends.

(Do you need anybody?)
I need somebody who tries.
(Could it be anybody?)
Not someone I'll despise.

Oh, I could sigh with a little help from my friends.
Mm, I could cry with a little help from my friends.
Oh, I could die with a little help from my friends.

Yes, I will die from a little help from my friends,
A good deal of help from my "frie-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ends"!