Iand'm staring at the front door in my coat
itand's kinda rainy, iand've a feeling i donand't want to know
iand'm walking down the pavement, here i go
iand'm heading for a place iand've been a million times before
And thereand's a thousand better ways that i could spend my time
than coversation with somebody where the sun donand't shine
thereand's lots of people i can be around and not pretend
that iand've been everywhere before
and i call and'em my friends
friends
Somebodyand's got a party where i go
i wish i lost the invitation
thereand's nobody there i know
conversation gets too loud
too many people want to talk
i wish theyand'd turn it all down
And everybodyand's got a million different points of view
but when youand're looking out the window
that theyand're looking through
donand't you think itand's kinda stupid
trying to jump onto the rat race
train thatand's going the same way too
And thereand's a thousand better ways that i could spend my time
than coversation with somebody where the sun donand't shine
thereand's lots of people i can be around and not pretend
that iand've been everywhere before
and i call and'em my friends
friends
I look at my reflection on their wall
i feel so empty
iand'm surprised to see my face in there at all
i make up an excuse to call my phone
and less than 20 minutes later
iand'm in a taxi heading home
And richard burtonand's on a bender trying to get back home
heand's never been so many miles
from back where he comes from
he must be 20 times the legal limit staring at the end
thereand's not a telephone for miles
i want to talk to my friends
thereand's a thousand better ways
that i can spend my time
than coversation with somebody where the sun donand't shine
thereand's lots of people i can be around and not pretend
that iand've been everywhere before
and i call and'em my friends
friends
