Can't We Be Friends? 1929

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2 July 2010
2010

I took each word he said as gospel truth,
The way a silly little child would.
I can't excuse it on the grounds of youth;
I was no babe in the wild wood.
He didn't mean it,
I should have seen it,
Now it's too late!

I thought I'd found the man of my dreams.
Now it seems
This is how the story ends:
He's goin' to turn me down and say,
"Can't we be friends?"
I thought for once it couldn't go wrong,
Not for long!
I can see the way this ends:
He's goin' to turn me down and say,
"Can't we be friends?"
Never again!
Through with love,
Through with men!
They play their game without shame,
and wonder why?
I thought I'd found a man I could trust,
What a bust!
This is how the story ends:
He's goin' to turn me down and say,
"Can't we be friends?"

I thought I knew the wheat from the chaff,
What a laugh!
This is how the story ends:
I let him turn me down and say,
"Can't we be friends?"
I acted like a kid out of school,
What a fool!
Now I see the way this ends:
I let him turn me down and say
"Can't we be friends?"
Why should I care,
Though he gave me the air?
Why should I cry,
heave a sigh,
and wonder why?
I should have seen the signal to stop,
What a flop!
This is how the story ends;
I let him turn me down and say,
"Can't we be friends?"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Can't We Be Friends? 1929
Music by Kay Swift
Lyrics by Paul James
© MCMXXIX by Harms Inc. N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 2 July 2010 at 22.29
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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