I ain't lookin' to compete with you   Beat or cheat or mistreat you   Simplify you, classify you   Deny, defy or crucify you      All I really want to do   Is, baby, be friends with you      No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you   Frighten you or uptighten you   Drag you down or drain you down   Chain you down or bring you down      All I really want to do   Is, baby, be friends with you      I ain't lookin' to block you up   Shock or knock or lock you up   Analyze you, categorize you   Finalize you or advertise you      All I really want to do   Is, baby, be friends with you      I don't want to straight-face you   Race or chase you, track or trace you   Or disgrace you or displace you   Or define you or confine you      All I really want to do   Is, baby, be friends with you      I don't want to meet your kin   Make you spin or do you in   Or select you or dissect you   Or inspect you or reject you      All I really want to do   Is, baby, be friends with you      I don't want to fake you out   Take or shake or forsake you out   I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me   See like me or be like me      All I really want to do   Is, baby, be friends with you