I was wrong   I should have come along   Those were lazy, hasty days      You were strong   you were the singing of the song   but I stayed, you walked away      I sat down in the summer evening   and waited for the moment to arise   It's easier to handle all your friends than to keep just one love alive      The gras was wet   empty cans and cigarettes   we kept drinking, sinking deep      You were gone   twice as distant as the sun   I kept thinking I should sleep      But one thing that I learned from you is how to slowly talk away the night   how come it's easier to handle all your friends than to keep just one love alive      Oh, how come we can't afford the price   Oh, how come we lose the ones we like      It's a fact   I'll never get you back   Still the summer haunts your name      I was wrong   I should have come along   But I stumbled there and stayed      So once again I've done it and I wonder:   Will I ever get it right   When it's much easier to handle all your friends than to keep just one love alive   It's easier to handle all your friends than to keep just one love alive