(I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend

Fate is mighty cruel
 Where true love is concerned
 It seems you give out more
 Than you ever have returned
 Lately I have tried
 To make it on my own
 Another nite has passed
 Looks like I'm bound to be alone
 Bound to be alone
 Now solitude is fine
 When you really need it
 When your soul is dry
 Sometimes loneliness can feed it
 When you need a lover
 You know there's nothin' else will do
 When you need love most
 You know it turns it's back on you
 Oh, I can make it thru without your company
 I only wish I knew why you won't comfort me
 I thot that I could count on you
 To hear me cryin' out
 I guess that's one comfort
 I will learn to do without
 Fallin love too easily
 But never quite so fast
 So you are not the first and, lord
 You sure won't be the last
 The thing about the situation
 That makes me feel so sad
 I could've been the best old friend
 That you have ever had
 I could've been the best old friend
 That you have ever had