Over and over, time and time again
You can't be nobody's lover
You can't be nobody's lover
Til you're somebody's friend

Over and over, time and time again
Over and over and over, time and time again
You can't be nobody's lover
You can't be nobody's lover
Til you're somebody's friend, ah baby

I love you (well, well...), to me you're a shining star
First you gotta find out (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Just who you really are
And you can't be nobody's lover
You can't be nobody's lover
Til you're somebody's friend

You can't be (nobody's lover)
Nobody's lover (be nobody's lover)
Til you're somebody's friend
(Well, well, well, well...)

Over and over, time and time again
Over and over, well, time and time again
You can't be nobody's lover
Nobody's lover (be nobody's lover)
Til you're somebody's friend
And you can't be nobody's lover
Nobody's lover (be nobody's lover)
Til you're... (somebody's friend) somebody's friend
(Be nobody's lover, be nobody's lover
Somebody's friend, yeah)