Let Me Tell You 'bout A Friend Of Mine he's A Short Order Cook long On Speed, Short On Spice he Reads His Customers Like A Book he's Seen This, And He's Done That now He's Makin' Fried Eggs An Art but There's One Thing He Can't Fix No How there's A Longing In His Heart
he's Tried For Years To Work It Out at The Grill And At His Home well He Talks To His Friends, Talks To Himself he Talks The Chicken Right Off The Bone talks To His Woman And She Understands you Know They're Always Eye To Eye she Runs The Join, They Live Out Back small House Under A Big Sky
well Even The Stars At Night Agree the Sky Is Falling Apart she Knows Cause She Can Feel It Too there's A Longing In Her Heart a Longing In Her Heart longing In Her Heart
well Now You And Me, We're Just Like Them we Never Wanted To Be Alone, so We Made A Pact, Sealed With Desire for A Happier House And Home
only To Find It Doens't Untie the Know Where Feelings Die there's A Longing Deep Inside Our Hearts and No One To Tell Us Why
our Friends Aren't Looking For Anything New they Wouldn't Know Where To Look
well Her, Whe Like Running The Join and He Likes Being A Cook together They're Doing Very Well they're Might Glad They Could but Theres A Fire Burning Towards Them Now coming From A Distant Wood
and Eve The Stars At Night Agree that The Sky Is Falling Apart we Know 'cause We Can Feel It Too there's A Longing In Our Hearts