The Other Me Lyrics - Joe Jackson

Guess we can still be friends 

Guess we can talk at least 

But if we were seventeen 

Imagine the things we'd do 

I know that those days are over, 

I'm glad that those games are won 

The winners ride off into the sunset 

But it's not the same for you 

And I don't wanna play those nasty games that adults play 

But I don't want to let you go, and I can't see another way 

And I know that she's the only one for me 

And you know that if I could split in two 

The other me 

Would stay all night 

The other me 

Would hold you tight 

The other me 

Would be the only one for you 

When I see you there alone 

It almost breaks my heart 

But it doesn't break enough 

For me to break my whole life apart 

Guess we can still be friends 

And we can talk all night 

But I have to bite my tongue 

And sometimes words don't come out right 

We're old enough to know what we can't think or say out loud 

To know that hearts are not just cards to play when two's a crowd 

And I know that she's the only one for me 

And you know that if I could split in two 

The other me 

Would stay all night 

The other me 

Would hold you tight 

The other me 

Would be the only one for you 

The other me 

Would take you so far away from here 

And he'd be 

A man with a mission 

The other me 

Might even be better than this one 

And I know that she's the only one for me 

And you know that if I could split in two 

The other me 

Would stay all night 

The other me 

Would hold you tight 

The other me 

Would be the only one for you.