All The Right Friends Lyrics

Lyric discussion by algunmae 

Cover art for All The Right Friends lyrics by R.E.M.

I believe there's only one kind of friends; the good ones, "bad friends" aren't actually friends at all. I think the meaning of friendship is very underrated, people think they have a lot of friends when they actually might just have a few (which is not a bad thing at all). I think the message of this song is, "Keep your true friends close to you, don't waste your time trying to be liked by the people who don't accept you for who you are"