"It’s Nice To Have A Friend" is the seventeenth track from American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift's seventh studio album, Lover, released on August 23, 2019, through Republic Records. A snippet of the song’s demo previously owned by the Inner Circle leaked on June 28, 2023.
Background[]
Swift confirmed the existence of the song through social media on August 16, 2019. The song describes two young friends who later in their lives marry each other.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse 1]
School bell rings, walk me home
Sidewalk chalk covered in snow
Lost my gloves, you give me one
"Wanna hang out?" Yeah, sounds like fun
Video games, you pass me a note
Sleeping in tents
[Chorus]
It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)
[Verse 2]
Light pink sky, up on the roof
Sun sinks down, no curfew
20 questions, we tell the truth
You've been stressed out lately, yeah, me too
Something gave you the nerve
To touch my hand
[Chorus]
It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)
[Verse 3]
Church bells ring, carry me home
Rice on the ground looks like snow
Call my bluff, call you, "Babe"
Have my back, yeah, every day
Feels like home, stay in bed
The whole weekend
[Chorus]
It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)
It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)
Ooh
Live performances[]
"It's Nice To Have A Friend" was performed as a surprise song at The Eras Tour in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 9, 2024. mashed-up with "dorothea".
Trivia[]
- The song is used in the trailer for the science fiction horror film M3GAN.
- "It's Nice To Have A Friend" is Swift's fourth shortest song that she ever released, following "Glitch" at 2:29, "Now That We Don't Talk" at 2:26, and "I Look in People's Windows" at 2:11.
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| "I Forgot That You Existed" • "Cruel Summer" • "Lover" • "The Man" • "The Archer" • "I Think He Knows" • "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" • "Paper Rings" • "Cornelia Street" • "Death By A Thousand Cuts" • "London Boy" • "Soon You'll Get Better" • "False God" • "You Need To Calm Down" • "Afterglow" • "ME!" • "It's Nice To Have A Friend" • "Daylight" | ||
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