Carly Simon
"We Your Dearest Friends"

We, your dearest friends
Are having dinner without you
Weґre witty and we use it to be vicious
In just another minute
Weґll laughing about you
To the untrained eye
It wouldnґt look suspicious

We, your dearest friends
Donґt really care if you have needs
Your hopes and dreams
Are trivial by your standards
We make fun of how you sing
And then we imitate your speech
And the stupid things
You say we like to slander

But we wonґt reel you out too far
ґCause after all, we need you for
Our ongoing quest

Weґve bonded here in faithlessness
To undermine your happiness
Toying with your paranoia
Everything you do annoys us
It annoys us

We remember how
You bought us all those gifts
You liked to make us think
You were so generous
Be careful in the future
Of everything you say and do
`Cause it can and will be used
Against you by us

We your dearest friends
Judge you "guilty“
Here and now
Of thinking youґre a star
When itґs all over
Nobody wants you
And we the least of all
Itґs been a long time since
You had those famous lovers


But we wonґt reel you out too far
`Cause after all, we need you for
Our ongoing quest

Weґve bonded here
In faithlessness
To undermine your happiness
Toying with your paranoia
Everything you do annoys us
(it annoys the hell out of us)

Itґs not the straw
No, itґs the final straw youґll say
Finally youґve grown a sturdy backbone
Thereґll be no invitation to
Your rocky coast this year
Your queenly voice will
Ice us down the telephone


Youґll never guess whoґs joining us
For brandy later on
Thatґs right, itґs your bête noir from hell
Thatґs who
Are you worried we might spill the beans
Are you worried we might tell
About your little visit to the bin when
you were cuckoo?

But we wonґt reel you out too far
`Cause after all, we need you for
Our ongoing quest

Weґve bonded here in faithlessness
To undermine your happiness
Toying with your paranoia
Everything you do annoys us
It annoys us

Toying with your paranoia

You have an unforgiveable personality
Unforgettable, yes
We were so happy once in the Garden of
the Finzi-Continis
Oh, yes we were
Never more, never more
Here comes the waiter
Weґll just put it on your house charge
Youґll never know the difference
Never notice