Well, I knew me a boy, and yes he was a friend I told him him all the things that he didn't understand Whoa, and then I let him go Now, there's one in California who's been calling my name 'Cause I found me a better friend in the UK Hey, hey, until I made my getaway One, two, three, they gonna run back to me 'Cause I'm the best friend that they never gotta keep One, two, three, they gonna run back to me They always wanna hang, but they never wanna leave Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all They won't let go Ex's and oh's I had another friend down in New Orleans It was warm in the winter, but them frozen in the spring Bye, bye how the seasons go by I get by, and I love to lay low So the hearts keep breaking, and the wheels just roll You know that's how the story goes One, two, three, they gonna run back to me 'Cause I'm the best friend that they never gotta keep One, two, three, they gonna run back to me They always wanna hang, but they never wanna leave Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all They won't let go My ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all? They won't let go Ex's and oh's One, two, three, they gonna run back to me Climbing over mountains and a-sailing over seas One, two, three, they gonna run back to me They always wanna hang, but they never wanna leave My ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all They won't let go Ex's and the oh, oh, oh's they haunt me Like ghosts they want me to make 'em all They won't let go Ex's and oh's