My Own Best Friend John Prine

I'm beginning to like you
But you know that ain't right
'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist
Till I'm crooked inside

You'll take all you gave me
Like it never was there
And I think that I might, No! I know
Yes, I will help you there

'Cause I've done it before
And I'd do it again
'Cause it's the only time
That makes me feel like I'm my own best friend

I'm a victim of friction, I got too close to see
Yeah, we sparked in the dark and God hung a light on me
The lamp gets real heavy, it hangs from my heart
And it comes, and it goes till I can't tell the difference apart

But I've done it before
And I'd do it again
'Cause it's the only time
That makes me feel like I'm my own best friend

So many people say it'll never work out that way
You can't stand the heat while you're watching your heart
Just melt away in a basement on a rainy day
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