No One Gets The Prize

(nickolas ashford/valerie simpson) No one, no one gets the prize No one, no one No one gets the prize We were best of friends It all began He came in to town and changed the plan I knew she felt, the same as me Which one of us would it be Just in fun, fight begun Before long a web of hate was spun She pretended same as me Oh, but friends again we'd never be No one, no one gets the prize She told him lies, and I told him lies No one, no one gets the prize She schemed and dreamed and told him dirt That I was wrong for him I told him all the boys she'd hurt and I would number them He was the ray of light that made our hearts live But either one of us knew really how to give So we scandalized and criticized And then we learned how to despise No one, no one gets the prize She told him lies and I lied, I lied yeah No one, no one gets the prize No, no, no Yeah, yeah Back off Tried to steal him, tried to steal him Tried to steal him Runnin' behind my back Tried to steal him Tried to show him where it was at Watch it now No, no I won't take second place No, no tell him to his face We were friends for so, so, so long Messed around, now he's gone gone gone gone No one, no one gets the prize No, no No one, no one gets the prize I wasn't alive, a love that's satisfied No one, no one gets the prize It wasn't fair, the love I couldn't share No one, no one gets the prize No, no No one, no one gets the prize No one, no one gets the prize She lied, I lied, we lied No one, no one