La canción de Friends la canta el grupo The Rembrandts, y fue compuesta especialmente para la serie (el marido de Marta Kauffman es uno de los compositores). Hay dos versiones, la corta que es la que sale al principio de cada capítulo y fue la que primero se compuso, y la larga, que se puede encontrar en su LP de 1.995, la música es de Michael Skolff y la letra de Allee Willis. En el CD de Friends vienen las dos.

          Hay un debate entre si la primera línea es "So no one told you life was gonna be this way" (Nadie te dijo que la vida iba a ser así) o "So no one told you that was gonna be this way" (Nadie te dijo que esto iba a ser así). Esto se produjo porque los creadores de la serie Marta Kauffman y David Crane, no se podían creer que pusieran "Life" en dos líneas consecutivas, pero lo hicieron.

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA^{*
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
('Cause you're there for me too)

You're still in bed at ten, though work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast, so far things are going great
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
But she didn't tell you when the world was brought down to your knees that...

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
('Cause you're there for me too)

No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me
Seems your 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 pour)

I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)

I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)

* DOA son las siglas de "Dead on arrive". Es una expresión médica que se utiliza cuando alguien ingresa cadáver; también se usa cuando se quiere indicar que algo que se empieza no tiene futuro.

   si quieres tener la letra en español.....