Released: June 16, 1989
Songwriter: Dwight W. Watkins Peabo Bryson
Producer: Peabo Bryson Dwight W. Watkins Sir Dean Gant
[Verse 1]
Cards on the table, baby
Speak your mind
If you've got something to say
I ask no questions and I tell no lies
Don't let that stand in your way
[Pre-Chorus]
Killing me, my friends keep telling me
Don't let a love break you down
Wild and free, that's what you want to be
But I don't think I'll be around
[Chorus]
First you wanna be my lover
(say you wanna be my lover)
Then you wanna be my friend (be my friend)
I think we're fooling one another
'Cause a friendship will end
But a true love will never die
True love will never die
True love, whoa yeah yeah
[Verse 2]
Cards on the table, baby
Don't be shy
Give it to me straight from the heart
I know the answers and the reasons why
I guess I knew from the start
[Pre-Chorus]
This is killing me, my friends keep telling me
Don't let a love break you down
Wild and free, that's what you want to be
Well, I just might not be around
[Chorus]
First you wanna be my lover, yeah yeah
Then you wanna be my friend (be my friend)
I think we're fooling one another
'Cause a friendship will end
But a true love will never die
True love will never die, no, no
[Bridge]
Don't play these games with my heart
True love is so hard to find
Don't push too hard
You might be the one losing this time
My friends all tell me 'don't believe her'
She'll only tell you he's a friend
But he still comes around to see her
Well, a friendship will end
But a true love will never die
True love, true love will never
True love, no
This love is killing me
First you wanna be my lover, lover
Then you wanna be my friend, yeah
But I think we're fooling one another
Because a friendship will end, but a true love will never die
True love, true love will never
True love, no
My friends all tell me 'don't believe her'
She'll only tell you he's a friend, yeah
But he still comes around to see her
Well, a friendship will end, but a true love will never die
Cards on the table, baby
Speak your mind
If you've got something to say
I ask no questions and I tell no lies
Don't let that stand in your way
[Pre-Chorus]
Killing me, my friends keep telling me
Don't let a love break you down
Wild and free, that's what you want to be
But I don't think I'll be around
[Chorus]
First you wanna be my lover
(say you wanna be my lover)
Then you wanna be my friend (be my friend)
I think we're fooling one another
'Cause a friendship will end
But a true love will never die
True love will never die
True love, whoa yeah yeah
[Verse 2]
Cards on the table, baby
Don't be shy
Give it to me straight from the heart
I know the answers and the reasons why
I guess I knew from the start
[Pre-Chorus]
This is killing me, my friends keep telling me
Don't let a love break you down
Wild and free, that's what you want to be
Well, I just might not be around
[Chorus]
First you wanna be my lover, yeah yeah
Then you wanna be my friend (be my friend)
I think we're fooling one another
'Cause a friendship will end
But a true love will never die
True love will never die, no, no
[Bridge]
Don't play these games with my heart
True love is so hard to find
Don't push too hard
You might be the one losing this time
My friends all tell me 'don't believe her'
She'll only tell you he's a friend
But he still comes around to see her
Well, a friendship will end
But a true love will never die
True love, true love will never
True love, no
This love is killing me
First you wanna be my lover, lover
Then you wanna be my friend, yeah
But I think we're fooling one another
Because a friendship will end, but a true love will never die
True love, true love will never
True love, no
My friends all tell me 'don't believe her'
She'll only tell you he's a friend, yeah
But he still comes around to see her
Well, a friendship will end, but a true love will never die
more tracks from the album
From the album
- All My Love (1989)
Peabo Bryson popular songs
- If Ever You’re in My Arms Again
- Love Like Yours and Mine
- A Whole New World
- Feel the Fire
- Can You Stop the Rain
- Reaching for the Sky
- Why Goodbye
- I Wish You Love
- Shower You With Love
- I Try
- When You Talk to Me
- If Ever You In My Arms Agian
- Learning the Ways of Love
- Through the Fire
- Show & Tell
- I Wanna Be With You
- I Can Make It Better
- By the Time This Night Is Over
- Heavenly
- Same Old Love
- When You’re in Love
- Beauty and the Beast
- Count on Me
- A Fool Already Knows