Step 1, you say we need to talk He walks, you say sit down, it's just a talk He smiles politely, back at you You stare politely, right on through Some sort of window to your right As he goes left and you stay right Between the lines of fear and blame And you begin to wonder why you came Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a lie Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a lie How to save a lie Let him know that you know best Cause after all you do know best Try to slip past his defense Without granting any sense Lay down a list of what is wrong The things you told him all along And pray to God he hears you And I pray to God he hears you And where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a lie Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a lie How to save a lie