I know this respectable individual with a great personality   Struggles on the inside   A really nice guy, but I'm afraid he lacks conviction   Got these mental reservations concerning his own life, let alone   Why? He doesn't know why   Guess I'm lookin' for some changes for   my lunatic friend      You see, he's been accosted by the local   self-righteous vigilantes   In the name of God, with a Scripture or two   And he believes, but he's not sure who his friends are   Or if they'd still be hangin' around with him   Boy, if they ever really knew      Guess I'm lookin' for some understanding    For my lunatic friend   Sometimes I wonder if there's any help   For my lunatic friend   Yeah, sometimes I cry for the love he's abusing   My lunatic friend   Lookin' for a healing for a lunatic      Say, I've got this lunatic friend   Altogether now, with feeling, once more,   shall we sing   I've got this lunatic friend   I've got this lunatic friend!      Be careful what you say, who you say it to   Don't give yourself away      Now there's an attractive inner circle in the eye    Of a hurricane   A kind of peace on the inside   But it moves with the storm   And it's a quiet strength in the midst of this raging desperation   All around me I'd like to find   But I find myself torn   I'm not lookin' for me, you understand   It's for my lunatic friend      Sometimes I wonder if there's any help   For my lunatic friend