Saw a new friend from church at the mall Nervous he wouldn't recall me Bracing myself to feel invisible That's when he walked up and said something surprising His mom said I could spend the night Looking over at my folks They said alright Flipping through his dad's LPs in his room Recognized one from the movie They showed us at camp about rock and roll If you play it on reverse it says turn me on dead man We got bored in no time So we played the record forward and set the needle down I couldn't stop laughing It's my birthday too yeah Treading water on the open ocean Then you threw me out a life ring All I needed was a little help from a friend Back at my school feeling more like myself Wandering the hallways in headphones Singing along to the fool on the hill That's when this kid smirked What are you doing And do you wanna come surfing Treading water on the open ocean Then you threw me out a life ring I was getting pretty used to drowning All I needed was a godsend All I needed was a little help from a friend