Asking for a Friend

Well, hello, Miss Linda Lou

May I sit down next to you and ask you all about your life?

I've known you all the way back when

You walked in the door, and then I saw those beautiful blue eyes

Tell me, do you like to dance? Take a drag off a cigarette

Here and then, let's not pretend

If I'm comin' on too strong, I promise you I won't stay long

I'm just asking for a friend

Oh-oh-oh, what's your name and how you been?

What kind of drink are you sippin'?

You're leavin' soon or stayin' late? It doesn't matter anyway

If you never ever wanna see me again and hello, goodbye is where it ends

Just know I'm asking for a friend

I don't like these kinds of crowds, way too packed, it's too damn loud

There's a quiet place outside

Just wanna hear the way you sound

Even if it lets me down 'cause next to you is quite alright

Do you want one, two, or three? Add some branches on a family tree

In a house out by the pines

Sorry if I've gone too far

You don't meet angels in the bar, you must have fallen from the sky

Oh-oh-oh, what's your name and how you been?

What kind of drink are you sippin'?

You're leavin' soon or stayin' late? It doesn't matter anyways

If you never ever wanna see me again and hello, goodbye is where it ends

Just know I'm asking for a friend

My, she told me not to lie

Honestly, it's just me, myself, and I

What's your name and how you been? What kind of drink are you sippin'?

Is it too soon, or am I too late?

'Cause you're the kind of girl a guy could wait on his whole life

So take my hand, I want a love that'll never end

No, I ain't asking for a friend, I got way too many of them

No, I ain't asking for a friend

I ain't asking for a friend