You came all this way to see me
There must be something I should know
Did you come here just to leave me
Cause I don't want to let you go
I know you need more from me
Than I can give so now we'll see
If we can get along as real good friends
There's no need to say goodbye
We maybe better off a real good friends
To keep this love alive
Too much time and distance
Is what we were up against
And we didn't want to listen
To the advice of our friends
They said this can't last too long
They were right but they were also wrong
Cause now we're gonna be two real good friends
Even closer than before
That's the way I think it should've always been
But we just wanted more
From the first time that we made eyes
We knew there was something there
And if this is the last time
Then let's pretend we never met
So we can start again
We could learn how to be real good friends
Even closer than before
Cause that's the way we knew it shouldn've always been
And now we have it all
Ain't it better now that we're real good friends
Even closer than before
We'll never have to worry how the story ends
We'll just keep on wanting more



Lyrics submitted by Laurnie

Real Good Friends Lyrics as written by Matthew Joseph Senatore Jeffrey Curtis Pence

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, THE RECORD BREAKERS, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    This is such a sad song. Doing everything he can just to "keep this love alive" even though he knows that it just won't work out.

    lee_britton February 07, 2006   Link

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