Voicemail

Not long ago, when I was out shopping
I met your old friend and he said to tell you
He really does miss you.  I gave him your number
And told him to call you, but he said he thought
That if I were to tell you, he wouldn’t feel caught.

Maybe he called you and maybe he didn’t.
I guess that it’s really not my place to know,
But I was just wond’ring ‘cause maybe I gave him
My number instead, but now I feel bad,
Even though it was the only chance that I had.

I told you I missed him just as much as you did
But he never noticed and you never cared.
You two were happy, but then you two fought
With me in the middle.  I’d no place to turn to
And try as I might I just couldn’t spurn you.

I have always wished that you weren’t his friend
Or that, if you were, there was room for me too.
I wanted to know him as well as you did,
But I think that you always left me behind.
You left me to fend off the rest of mankind.

And then you just let him go fall by the wayside.
You used him and when he was used up you left.
It’s sort-of like how I feel sometimes as well.
You use people and when they’re gone then you grieve
It’s just that I never had courage to leave.

But when you lost him, you lost me in part
I wanted to follow him but I just couldn’t
Because unlike you I have loyalties also
And I always keep them, however untried
But sometimes I wish I could say that I lied.

I know you don’t miss him but I didn’t say that.
I think that I gave him my number instead.
I hope he will call me and then I will tell him
The stuff I’ve just said, and maybe he’ll hear
The truth, as I tell him about the past year.

I feel a lot better now that I have told you
That he asked me to wish you a “Happy Birthday!”
Goodbye and good riddance, now that I don’t need you.
I hear the phone ringing, so I think I’ll go.
But now I won’t lie when I tell him you know.

Just one last thing before I go answer.
I wanted to say that I know you’ll move on.
You’ll find a new boyfriend and best friend real soon.
Although you might think it, you’re whole world won’t crack.
Oh – and when you get this, please do not call back.