So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your jobs a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year but..

I'll be there for you

When the rain starts to pour

I'll be there for you

Like I've been there before

I'll be there for you

'Cuz you're there for me too...

You're still in bed at ten

And work began at eight

You've burned your breakfast

So far... Things are goin' great

Your mother warned you there'd be days like these

But she didn't tell you when the world

has brought you down to your knees and...

I'll be there for you

When the rain starts to pour

I'll be there for you

Like I've been there before

I'll be there for you

'Cuz you're there for me too...

No one could ever know me

No one could ever see me

Since you're the only one who knows

What it's like to be me

Someone to face the day with

Make it through all the mess with

Someone I'll always laugh with

Even at my worst

I'm best with you, yeah

It's like you're always stuck in second gear

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year...

I'll be there for you

When the rain starts to fall

I'll be there for you

Like I've been there before

I'll be there for you

'Cuz you're there for me too...