It's cold outside   And the paint's peeling off my walls   There's a man outside   In a long coat gray hair smoking a cigarette      Now the light fades out   And I wonder what I'm doing in a room like this   There's a knock on the door   And just for a second I thought I remembered you      So now I'm alone   And I can't think for myself   Of little deals and S.U.'s   And things I just don't understand      Like a white lie that night   Or the sly touch at times   I don't think it meant anything to you      So I open the door   It's the friend that I'd left in the hallway   Please sit down   A candle-lit shadow on the wall near the bed      You know I hate to ask   But are 'Friends' electric?   Only mine is broken down   And now I've no one to love      So I found out your reasons   For the phone calls and smiles   And it hurts and I'm lonely   And I should never have tried      And I missed you tonight   So it's time to leave   You see this meant everything to me