could have been friends

there's a picture my mama kept in a drawer

she pulled it out of the trash after i said we were over for sure

she must have known that one day the heartache would end

i'd come to terms with the past and wanna' see that picture again

turns out mama was right

'cause i'm wonderin' about you tonight

senior prom in the palm of my hand

wishin' we could have been friends

we took a chance one night on the hood of my car

couldn't hold back anymore though you swore we'd never go that far

but playin' it safe never felt nearly as good

as playin' those games in the dark

pushin' you as far as i could

maybe it was a mistake

stealin' all of the love i could make

and this hurtin' is the price for the sin

yeah

i wish we just could have been friends

the last word you heard was far from the truth

the cruelest thing i'd ever spoken

and there's no way to tell you how sorry i am

'cause every bond has been broken

yeah

the loose ends are choking me now

life's been good to me and i'm sure it's been good to you

i found a true love and heard that you did

too

now you're up in manhattan

the big city sure suits you well

well

i'm still in this small town but i'm making a name for myself

there's no shadow of a doubt

honey

we would have never worked out

it was all for the best in the end

still

i wish we could have been friends

oh

i wish we could have been friends

i wish we could have been

there's a picture my mama kept in a drawer

i stumbled across it and i can't bear to look at it no more