I don't want a lover  I just need a friend  I don't want a lover  I just need a friend  You can just leave me  To face life on my own  I know you don't love me no more  I knew this day it would come  Even when it cuts so deep  It's true I still want you  But the harder I try  The more I seem to lose  I don't want a lover  I just need a friend  I've had time to recover  Now that I know it wasn't love  It's always a different story  When it's me who's in the wrong  But you can't have it all  Cause I'm the one who's strong  I've already been burnt before  Once but never again  I know the time will come  That's when you'll need me then  I don't want a lover  I just need a friend  I've had time to recover  Now that I know it wasn't love  I don't want a lover  I just need a prayer  I know you never cared  Now that I know it wasn't love  You don't even care  About what I'm saying  You don't even think  What you're doing  All you see is what you want it to be  But in there there's just no room for me  I don't want a lover  I just need a friend  I've had time to recover  Now that I know it wasn't love  You don't even care  About what I'm saying  You don't even think  What you're doing  All you see is what you want it to be  There's just no room in there for me  I don't want a lover  I just need a friend  I've had time to recover  Now that I know it wasn't love  I don't want a lover  I just need a prayer  I know you never cared  Now that I know it wasn't love