Lyrics:

Bob Dylan’s narrator makes a declaration of friendship with someone who might question his intentions.
I ain't lookin' to compete with you
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
Simplify you, classify you
Deny, defy or crucify you

All I really wanna do
Is, baby, be friends with you

No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you
Frighten you or uptighten you
Drag you down or drain you down
Chain you down or bring you down

All I really wanna do
Is, baby, be friends with you

I ain't lookin' to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up
Analyze you, categorize you
Finalize you or advertise you

All I really wanna do
Is, baby, be friends with you

I don't wanna straight-face you
Race or chase you, track or trace you
Or disgrace you or displace you
Or define you or confine you

All I really wanna do
Is, baby, be friends with you

I don't wanna meet your kin
Make you spin or do you in
Or select you or dissect you
Or inspect you or reject you

All I really wanna do
Is, baby, be friends with you

I don't wanna fake you out
Take or shake or forsake you out
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me
See like me or be like me

All I really wanna do
Is, baby, be friends with you