Well my old friend said to me 
I ain't being what I'm supposed to be 
Well I don't know, it could be true 
I know I wasn't always there for you 

(Chorus) 
Now you're ready to walk out, you're ready to run 
Talk to me, can't you see 
I would never want to do what it seems I've done 
You can't deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play 
Don't let this be the reason you would walk away 

The things you think that I should do 
I've never understood that part of you 
I know I've tried to be a friend 
But you feel undermined and hurt again 

Now don't let it convince you, don't take it to heart 
Compromise and realize you can never really run 
everything you start 
You can't deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play 
Don't let this be the reason you would walk away 

And I guess I said I couldn't see 
How things could turn out like they've come to be 
And if I lied, if I knew 
I was only trying to think of you 

(Repeat Chorus)