Are Friends Electric?

It's cold outside

And the paint's peeling off of my walls

There's a man outside

In a long coat, gray hat, smoking a cigarette

Now the light fades out

And I wonder what I'm doing in a room like this

There's a knock on the door

And just for a second I thought I remembered you

You know, I hate to ask

But are my friends electric?

So I open the door

It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway

I said, "Please, sit down"

A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed

You know, I hate to ask

But are friends electric?

Only much broke down, down, down, down, down

And now I've no one to love

You know, I hate to ask

But are friends electric?