SMASH MOUTH LYRICS - Why Can't We Be Friends

"Why Can't We Be Friends"



[orig. performed by WAR]



Why can't we be friends [4x]



I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya 'round for a long long time

I really, I really, I really remember when you drank my wine



Why can't we be friends [4x]



I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya walkin' down in Chinatown

I called ya, I called ya, I called but you did not look around

I pay my, I pay my, I pay my money to the welfare line

I seen ya, I seen ya, I seen ya standing in it everytime



Why can't we be friends [4x]



The color, the color, the color of your skin don't matter to me

As long as, as long as, long as we can live in harmony

I kinda, I kinda, I kinda, like to be the president

And I could, and I could, and I could show you how your money's spent



Why can't we be friends [4x]



Sometimes I don't speak right

But did I know what I was talking about

I know you're working for the CIA

They wouldn't have you in the mafia



Why can't we be friends [4x]

[Repeat to fade]