All my good friends, they come around With their best intentions, and disapproving frowns They sit me up, and break it down How I loved you long, and you left me dry All the odds against, and the reasons why "You know that girl, she's never gonna follow through" As if I didn't know, as if they do Yeah, but you never know So I've been keeping close to you... So my best friends get me out of bed With their good advices and their shaking heads Analyze it all, something that they read How they've been there, and this is what they think How "she ain't worth this, so come out for a drink" They tell me, "son, you know this worrying ain't good for you" As if I didn't know, as if it's news Yeah, but that all depends So I've been playing friends with you And now you say you've grown And now I'm on the phone with you Well, what else can I do? 'Cause the feel of your shoulders, the laugh that I love The smooth Sunday mornings, that look I dream of And your hand on my arm, as you say you still care Though I don't know how you dare - remember, I was there And the brave new contenders, so young and so smart Well they put up their pride, and lay down their hearts And you look in my eyes, and it all sounds so true Coming from you So now my friends have gone, and I'm still hanging on to you And oh, it's been so long, but I'm still hanging on to you So I wait, and I wait Wrong is wrong, but I'm still hanging on to you And I know what you're saying, But girl, I get lonely too And you keep coming round And I keep losing ground to you...