you know he's not the one for you   but that's no fault of mine   he knows that i'm a friend of yours   but doesn't know i've crossed the line   i know you've got a man in the picture   but it hasn't stopped me yet   we've all been in one situation or another    we regret      now i'm the other man, no one's rooting for me   if i'm the other man, nature will abhor me      you know i wanna keep my distance   'cause it's happenin' anyway   he knows you're gonna drift apart   and there's nothing he can say   i know that he's a stand up guy   but that's none of my concern   we've all been in one situation or another   and it's my turn      to be the other man, no one sympathises   when you're the other man, everyone despises      he's gonna find out the the rumours are true   though they are still unbeknownst to you   he'll find out so i'll tell you because   you gotta find out before he does