"You say there is no other who treats you like I do But I've talked to your father and mother, they both say it's through Now you've headed back to the East Coast in a brand new car All my letters returned unopened, just to see how you are As you say, 'Why can't we be, why can't we be, we be friends?' 'Why can't we be, why can't we be, we be friends?' You say the world isn't over It's just a different place Though you're no longer around me You send pain by the case And I guess this thing wasn't working So ending it was best But I just can't seem to manuever this weight off my chest As you say, 'Why can't we be, why can't we be, we be friends?' 'Why can't we be, why can't we be, we be friends?' Cause I'm not ready You say there is no other who treats you like I do But I've found myself with another And you've found someone else too The pain is now in recession And lucid all my thoughts Then you whisper for me to come closer And it seems like you forgot that you said 'Why can't we be, why can't we be, we be friends?' 'Why can't we be, why can't we be, we be friends?' 'Why can't we be, why must this be the end?' 'Why can't, why can't, why can't we be friends?' 'Why can't we be, why can't we be, we be friends?' 'Why won't you be my friend?' Cause I'm not ready I'm not ready I'm not ready I'm not ready"