He says he's your friend, but you don't see him He says that he's so damn busy, but he don't do nothing at all You get him on the phone, he was just gonna call you Says he's been thinking about old times, and looking at your picture on the wall He's stringin' you the same old lines, that he puts everyone through They're only lies, intentions just won't do For a time he feels no wrong, 'till he finds out we've caught on He's stringin' a line, he's stringin' a line So you try to forget, but that ain't so easy 'Cause if you've got one small doubt, there was never anything there You dangle on a line, a captive fool Well you know he'll try again, and it will just be the same as last time He's stringin' you the same old lines, that he puts everyone through They're only lies, intentions just won't do For a time he feels no wrong, 'till he finds we've all caught on He's stringin' a line, he's stringin' a line