I was sixteen  Going on twenty-one  I called it a relationship  You called it having fun  We were best friends  Doing things kids do  And no matter what you'd like to think  We were lovers too  Chorus:  Boys will be boys  If they are left to their own devices  Boys will be boys  But often they make sacrifices  Men will be men will be men will be men  Afraid of being boys  We shared all our secrets  'Round an open fire  And wrestled with each other  As we wrestled with desire  We walked along together  'Til you ran off in fright  And me, I took a left  And you, you took a right  (Chorus)  Sometimes you're too young to know  Some things you just outgrow  But I know what I felt for you  And it must have scared the hell out of you  Now we are two grown men  Two very different lives  I'm happy with my lover  You seem happy with your wife  We are two grown men  Trying to pretend  That nothing ever happened  That we were only friends  (Chorus)