Well my old friend said to me 
 
 I ain't being what I'm supposed to be 
 
 Well I don't know, it could be true 
 
 I know I wasn't always there for you 
 
  
  Now you're ready to walk out, you're ready to run 
 
 Talk to me, can't you see 
 
 I would never want to do what it seems I've done 
 
 You can't deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play 
 
 Don't let this be the reason you would walk away 
  
 
 The things you think that I should do 
 
 I've never understood that part of you 
 
 I know I've tried to be a friend 
 
 But you feel undermined and hurt again 
  
 
 Now don't let it convince you, don't take it to heart 
 
 Compromise and realize you can never really run everything you start 
 
 You can't deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play 
 
 Don't let this be the reason you would walk away 
  
 
 And I guess I said I couldn't see 
 
 How things could turn out like they've come to be 
 
 And if I lied, if I knew 
 
 I was only trying to think of you 
  
 
 Now you're ready to walk out, you're ready to run 
 
 Talk to me, can't you see 
 
 I would never want to do what it seems I've done 
 
 You can't deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play 
 
 Don't let this be the reason you would walk away