Use A Friend

I was looking for a friend to tell
The separation's getting harder and farther every day
But you just talk about yourself
And how my situation reminds you of your cat that ran away

Oh, it's not comparable
Nowhere near the same
Oh, I could use a friend
I could use a friend
Could really use a friend

But I don't wanna be the one, the one
The one who makes you feel better
I don't wanna be the one, the one, that makes you feel alright
Only now I see the way, the way, the way my misery's measured
Oh-oh, I could use a friend, I could use a friend
But really in the end, I'd rather lose a friend like you
Ooh-ooh-ooh, like you
Ooh-ooh-ooh

And I'd hardly gotten started
When you stopped me just to tell me how my moon was out of phase
And then you laughed and changed the subject
'Cause your life's been fine in spite of Mercury in retrograde

Where's your empathy
Astrology's not the same
Oh, I could use a friend
I could use a friend
Could really use a friend

But I don't wanna be the one, the one
The one who makes you feel better
I don't wanna be the one, the one, that makes you feel alright
Only now I see the way, the way, the way my misery's measured
Oh-oh, I could use a friend, I could use a friend
But really in the end, I'd rather lose a friend like you

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Using all my tragedies
Like reading gossip magazines
To tell yourself: "At least that isn't me"

I don't wanna be the one, the one
The one who makes you feel better
I don't wanna be the one, the one, that makes you feel alright
Only now I see the way, the way, the way my misery's measured
Oh-oh, I could use a friend, I could use a friend
But really in the end, I'd rather lose a friend like you