Well it started out just like a dream
And like a dream I knew
That what we had would have to end
I was looking for a life-time lover
And you were looking for a friend
Someone to be there
After all your nighttime lovers had gone
The way they came
Someone who knew the way
To help you play
Your daytime game
It's not the same
Well, I started out pretending
That I ought to mean enough to you
To make you want to change
Then I came to realize
That there was just too much of you
You had to rearrange
And I couldn't bear to wait around
For all your nighttime lovers to go
The way they came
And it came to hurt too much for me
To have to play your daytime
Noone to blame
It started out just like a dream
And like a dream I knew
That what we had had to end
I was looking for a life-time lover
And you were looking for a friend
I was looking for a life-time lover
And you were looking for a friend
And like a dream I knew
That what we had would have to end
I was looking for a life-time lover
And you were looking for a friend
After all your nighttime lovers had gone
The way they came
Someone who knew the way
To help you play
Your daytime game
It's not the same
That I ought to mean enough to you
To make you want to change
Then I came to realize
That there was just too much of you
You had to rearrange
For all your nighttime lovers to go
The way they came
And it came to hurt too much for me
To have to play your daytime
Noone to blame
And like a dream I knew
That what we had had to end
I was looking for a life-time lover
And you were looking for a friend
And you were looking for a friend
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I JUST came out of a situation like this, except she wasn't playing me, but it did end up just being my dream. And she was looking for a lover, too, but she found that lover somewhere else. So now I remain her friend. Well it just happened to me, so its fresh on my mind, but I can relate to this song, actually most of Croce's love songs touch me in this way. Forgive my rambling, lol
this song is so sad