new york isle/wasn't mine    was it me/or just my kind    sinning softly/and talking cheap    cause there's no place left to be    but a road that just goes on    to every leaving town    friends as lovers    and loves and friends       shall we dance/into the night    as the jukebox moans/and pours us tight    friends and lovers    andlovers as friends    cause there's no place left to be    than wrapped around you now    in every passing town    us as lovers/and us as friends       there's no prayer/by a dashboard light    flagging ghosts and blowing signs    cause they say/you are the one    and there's no place left to be    than where you stand right now    i know these leaving towns    friends as lovers    and lovers as friends       to your back/i speak aloud    to your face/i'm only proud    we're friends with lovers    and lovers with friends       darling boy(she says)    you're on my mind(she says)    i feel your skin(she says)    as though it's mine(she says)    the pain is sweet/too sweet to touch    and there's no place left to be    than the shadow of your life    in every passing town    friends as lovers    and lovers as friends