[Verse 1]
You took me in the stairwell light
Mistook me for a friend
A sign said, "Follow me into the night"
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend

[Pre-Chorus]
I had a pocket full of presidents, a suitcase full of elements
The double-cross of spectacles, the mogul for mechanicals
Rainy streets were gleaming, maybe I was dreaming
She thought that she heard wedding bells, a hundred thousand decibels

[Chorus]
That crush and her confectioner said (Yеah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook you for a friend
Shе took my temperature (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend

[Verse 2]
You took your clothes off after you sent him away
Why now, baby, would you ask for me to stay?
I knew it wasn't right, if I could just pretend
Mistook you for a friend
[Pre-Chorus]
I was working miracles for petty cash and chemicals
Dealt in the invisible, something close to criminal
Don't act so mysterious, pretend you're not curious
Started out peculiar, ended up notorious

[Chorus]
Milady and her jockey said (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook you for a friend
"This wine is going to my head" (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend

[Bridge]
I saw you slumming last night out on Poverty Row
Why you lacked the nerve to leave him, I will never know
You took my glass and my ball of twine
While the words would blur and the windward whine
And I had no place to go I said that I want you

[Verse 3]
I count my money out to pay for contraband
I carry velvet gloves 'cause the blood gets on your hands
It's easy to comprehend
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend
[Pre-Chorus]
I had a pocket full of presidents, a suitcase full of elements
Double-cross of spectacles, a tycoon made of tentacles
Went to the carnival for candy and confusion
From a House of Silence on a street of disillusion

[Chorus]
That crush and her confectioner said (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook you for a friend
She took my temperature (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook you for a friend

Try being free as you think you are (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook you for a friend
See where it gets you and quite how far (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend
Mistook me for a friend

[Outro]
Mistook me for a friend