It was always you and me and him A whiskey sour, beer and gin, we were having fun When the night was over you'd go off together Leaving me alone, all alone I stayed up every night, I had to find a way, I had to get to you So I told you he was stepping outside I said when you broke down and cried Why don't you come to me? She said I love you like a brother And that's how it's got to stay Because I don't need no reminder, oh-oh Of the love that went away And the more I desire The less it does inspire Because she says I remind her, oh-oh Of the love she left behind I found myself in the same old place In the bar, another lonely night to spend (night to spend) But the first thing I saw when I walked in Was my almost lover, and my ex best friend, uhum She was drinking all alone and he was on the telephone They wouldn't look at me I went outside, I wanted to cry It's a lonely life, ain't what it used to be She said I love you like a brother And that's how it's got to stay Because I don't need no reminder, oh-oh Of the love that went away And the more I desire The less it does inspire Because she says I remind her, oh-oh Of the love she left behind She said I love you like a brother And that's how it's got to stay Because I don't need no reminder, oh-oh Of the love that went away (love that went away) And the more I desire The less it does inspire Because she says I remind her, oh-oh Of the love she left behind (love that went away)