[Originally by Bob Dylan]

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 want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.


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

Chain you down or bring you down
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.


I ain't lookin' to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up

!@%(yze you, categorize you
Finalize you or advertise you
All I really want to do

Is, baby, be friends with you.

I don't want to 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 want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.


I don't want to 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 want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.


I don't want to 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 want to do

Is, baby, be friends with you.