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       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       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