Can't We Be Friends?

Can't We Be Friends - Betty Carter with the Ray Bryant Trio

I thought I'd found the man of my dreams

Now it seems this is how the story ends

He's gonna turn me down and say

Can't we be friends

I thought for once it couldn't go wrong

Not for long I can see the way this ends

He's gonna turn me down and say

Can't we be friends

Never again

Through with love through with men

They play their game without shame

And who's to blame

I thought I'd found a man I could trust

What a bust this is how the story ends

He's gonna turn me down and say

Can't we be friends

Why should I care

Though he gave me the air

Why should I cry heave a sigh and wonder why

I should have seen the signal to stop

What a flop this is how the story ends

He's gonna turn me down and say

Can't we be friends