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Just Friends

from Like Fries Love Ketchup by Manko

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My least favorite from this album, more for the production than the song itself. Sometimes when you record an album in your bedroom it sounds like it was recorded in your bedroom.

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In the year you've been gone
I'm still wondering what went wrong
And I guess I can live without
But I wish I could tell you all about
The night I went barhopping and jewelry-shopping
With the juggler and his painter friend
And a Sufi artist who was my kinda goddess
I told her all about you
And yet I doubt if you'd like Cynthia
With her old piano - I played her your favorite tune
I saw more of her in May than I did in June
And Cynthia was sweet and smart and beautiful
And made me feel alive again
But she could never take your place
And anyway, we're just friends.

I guess I gave the game away
When I tried to tell you how I'd changed
Now there's nothing much left to say
Ah, but isn't it all so strange
And when I opened my heart to a total stranger
Things got stranger still
I was stupid and shy but I gave it a try
Really made a fool of myself
Didn't know what to do, so I gave Julia
Too many roses and not enough table talk
But even when she walked away I loved to watch her walk
Oh yes and Julia was sweet and smart and beautiful
And made me feel so alive
And she could never take your place, but man, I'd love to see her

Try to find the light I loved in you in someone else's eyes
And I try to live the light you loved in me
But just the other day a stranger walked right up to me
Looked me in the eyes to tell me
"I don't know who did this to you
But she must've been really something"
I said, "Yeah, she was really something
And now she's someone else's something
And where's my someone else?"
But anyway...

I'm making my way through these cool new days
And I'm walking with a smile
But it sure has been a while
And if I picked up the phone and I caught you at home
Would you tell me about your day?
Nothing too intense, but I've got these new friends
They've heard a lot about you
You'd get a kick out of Victoria
With eyes like a forest and a smile like Christmas Day
She picked me up a hundred times and helped me on my way
Oh, and Victoria is sweet and smart and beautiful
And made me feel alive again
But I'd be still seeking you in her eyes
So what's the use, we're just friends.

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from Like Fries Love Ketchup, released October 1, 2002
It's all Manko.

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