Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Manny don't need no comforting He just ask of himself to bring him up Aint gonna see him waiting on, waiting on, waiting on a day Got him a chair in '73 It was his only option so Manny agreed Same chair he has today Since they threw the cane away And Manny he been doing nothing he just doing his own thing You know it's getting pretty cold out by the jub jub swing Living with his sister till he got too big to roll in so he rolled out Oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up, I'm not so... Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why And Manny you know everything always mattered to him We've gone down past Fall River all the way to Tiverton Watching Manny fall, you know he just don't know Old man where'd you get the love that you sold He don't know how he go and the wise man say Young Manny said I'm going to the vineyard today And yeah he go on ways to bide his time You know he loves you when he forgets your name Oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up Oh this friend today right me up Oh this friend today right me up, I'm not so... 'Cause my back isn't working, my feet not too well My life isn't holding my body too well 'Cause my back isn't working, my feet, no not too well My life isn't working my body too well But the bottle, is not empty, 'cause your voices are all there My life, will fight, my body for air 'Cause the bottle, is not empty, 'cause your voices are all there My life, will fight, my body for air Manny we gonna get that AM dial just right I'll hold up that hanger up as long as the Sox put up a fight You know reception on this island was never so tight Always left us pining away for more Oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up, I'm not so... Oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up And oh this friend today right me up, I'm not so way, way, way, way... Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why Why so many why so many why