(Nickolas Ashford/Valerie Simpson)



Keep an eye

Keep an eye

Keep an eye

On your close friend



Keep an eye

Keep an eye

Keep an eye

On your close friend



'Cause what you got that'll make you lose

And then turn around and step in your shoes

I say they'll turn around

And step in your shoes



I stood there numb

Watchin' my friend walk away

With my love on her arm



Oh, what she said was

"Sorry for what I had to do

But you see I love him just as much as you"



Keep an eye

Keep an eye

On your close friend



Keep an eye

Keep an eye

You better watch out

For your close friend



The devil's workshop is a busy place

On top of evil there's an innocent face

Oh, on top of evil he puts an innocent face

She was just like a spider

Only twice as smart



Kindness was a thread

She used to weave my world apart

There were three of us seen all over town

Now there's only two

Someone's missing guess who



Now I see how she schemed and

Worked her way in between

Planted seeds of mistrust

To make us fight unaware

Her comforting ways when I would cry

Shadowed the look of triumph in her eye

Just like a snake on the limb tree

A friend is an enemy you can see



'Cause what you got that'll make you lose

And then turn around and step in your shoes

I said they'll turn around

And step in your shoes



So you better keep an eye on your close friend

You better watch out for your close friend

Don't trust nobody

Don't trust nobody

Keep an eye on your close friend

Keep an eye

Don't trust nobody

Keep an eye on your close friend

You better watch out for your close friend

She was just like a spider

Only twice as smart