I think back to my schooldays –
battles in the playground,
stick from the teachers,
muddy bike rides on the weekend:
all I ever wanted was a friend.
Then the years of girls –
the games, the rules, the gossip,
“Who you goin’ out with?”
Everyone’s got something to defend:
all I ever wanted was a friend.
Working life’s a desert –
men jockey for position
women go in posses.
How do I fit in? I just pretend.
All I ever wanted was a friend.
Girlfriends, lovers, couples-time –
intimate companions,
sex just complicates,
starts a fire that’s always doomed to end:
all I ever wanted was a friend.
Looking back from here
on all those I have known –
few have stayed the course.
What counts is being able to depend:
all I ever wanted was a friend.
