I Lost a Friend

(I lost a friend)

I lost a friend

(Like keys in a sofa)

Like keys in a sofa

(Like a wallet in the backseat)

Like a wallet in the backseat

(Like ice in the summer heat)

Like ice in the summer heat

(I lost a friend)

I lost a friend

(Like sleep on a red-eye)

Like sleep on a red-eye

(Like money on a bad bet)

Like money on a bad bet

(Like time worrying about every bad thing that hasn't happened yet)

Like time worrying about every bad thing that hasn't happened yet

(I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight)

I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight

(I'll be lying awake counting all the mistakes I've made)

I'll be lying awake counting all the mistakes I've made

(Replaying fights)

Replaying fights

(I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight)

I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight

(I lost a friend, I lost a friend)

I lost a friend, I lost a friend

(I lost my mind, and nobody believes me)

I lost my mind, and nobody believes me

(Say, "I know that he don't need me)

Say, "I know that he don't need me

('Cause he made a little too much money to be twenty and sad")

'Cause he made a little too much money to be twenty and sad"

(And I'll be fine without him)

And I'll be fine without him

(But all I do is write about him)

But all I do is write about him

(How the hell did I lose a friend I never had?)

How the hell did I lose a friend I never had?

(Never had)

Never had

(I'm on the mend)

I'm on the mend

(Like I'm wearing a neck brace)

Like I'm wearing a neck brace

(Like I'm sleeping in my own place)

Like I'm sleeping in my own place

(Like I'm pulling all the stitches out of my own face)

Like I'm pulling all the stitches out of my own face

(I'm on the mend)

I'm on the mend

(Like I'm icing a new sprain)

Like I'm icing a new sprain

(Like I'm walking on a new cane)

Like I'm walking on a new cane

(Like it's been a couple days since I slipped and said something sorta like your name)

Like it's been a couple days since I slipped and said something sorta like your name

(I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight)

I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight

(I'll be lying awake counting all the mistakes I've made)

I'll be lying awake counting all the mistakes I've made

(Replaying fights)

Replaying fights

(I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight)

I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonight

(I'm on the mend, but I lost a friend)

I'm on the mend, but I lost a friend

(I lost my mind, and nobody believes me)

I lost my mind, and nobody believes me

(Say, "I know that he don't need me)

Say, "I know that he don't need me

('Cause he made a little too much money to be twenty and sad")

'Cause he made a little too much money to be twenty and sad"

(And I'll be fine without him)

And I'll be fine without him

(But all I do is write about him)

But all I do is write about him

(How the hell did I lose a friend I never had?)

How the hell did I lose a friend I never had?

(I'd apologize if I thought it might make a difference)

I'd apologize if I thought it might make a difference

(Or make you listen)

Or make you listen

(I'd apologize if it was black and white)

I'd apologize if it was black and white

(But life is different)

But life is different

(Just try to listen to me now)

Just try to listen to me now

(I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonigh)

I know I'll be alright, but I'm not tonigh

(I lost a friend, I lost a friend)

I lost a friend, I lost a friend

(I lost my mind, and nobody believes me)

I lost my mind, and nobody believes me

(Say, "I know that he don't need me)

Say, "I know that he don't need me

('Cause he made a little too much money to be 20 and sad")

'Cause he made a little too much money to be 20 and sad"

(And I'll be fine without 'em)

And I'll be fine without 'em

(But all I do is write about 'em)

But all I do is write about 'em

(How the hell did I lose a friend I never had?)

How the hell did I lose a friend I never had?

(Never had)

Never had