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(I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend

This version of (I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1979.

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Fate is mighty cruel
Where true love is concerned
It seems you give out more
Than you ever have returned
Lately I have tried
To make it on my own
Another nite has passed
Looks like I’m bound to be alone
Bound to be alone

Now solitude is fine
When you really need it
When your soul is dry
Sometimes loneliness can feed it
When you need a lover
You know there’s nothin’ else will do
When you need love most
You know it turns it’s back on you

Oh, I can make it thru without your company
I only wish I knew why you won’t comfort me
I thot that I could count on you
To hear me cryin’ out
I guess that’s one comfort
I will learn to do without

Fallin love too easily
But never quite so fast
So you are not the first and, lord
You sure won’t be the last
The thing about the situation
That makes me feel so sad
I could’ve been the best old friend
That you have ever had
I could’ve been the best old friend
That you have ever had

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Bonnie Raitt has released many songs over the years besides (I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend. Bonnie Raitt released songs from 1971 to 2005 spanning across albums like Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, Takin' My Time, Streetlights, Home Plate, Sweet Forgiveness, The Glow, Green Light, Nine Lives, Nick Of Time, Luck Of The Draw, Longing In Their Hearts, Fundamental, Silver Lining, and Souls Alike. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bonnie Raitt.

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The lyrics to (I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bonnie Raitt in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to (I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bonnie Raitt and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for (I Could Have Been Your) Best Old Friend back when it was created.

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