I musta' been a-dreamin'
Or thought I heard a rumor
They said they were kiddin' me
What a sense of humor

I don't need no dictionary
To try to find the meaning
Oh, on the contrary
I see the way you're leaning

You better wait, you better wait
I'll find it out the hardest way

I planned up another, another
Another perfect evening
I even told my mo-mother
I know she'd never leave me

But all the things you're tellin' me
I'm startin' to be worried
I hope you're not sellin' me
I'll find out in a hurry

She went away, she went away
I never thought there'd come a day
She went away, she went away
I never thought I'd feel this way

Give it to me slow now
Break it to me easy
I think you better go now
You'll never see me cry, cry, cry

What a strange sensation
You know I'm such a hard guy
There goes my reputation
I never got a goodbye

I fall on my knees a-pleadin'
It doesn't do me no good
I feel my heart a-bleedin'
I never knew that it could

She went away, she went away
I never thought there'd come a day
She went away, she went away
I never thought I'd feel this way

Give it to me slow now
Break it to me easy
I think you better go now
You'll never see me cry

Give it to me slow now
Break it to me easy
I think you better go now
You'll never see me cry, cry, cry

Give it to me slow now
Break it to me easy
I think you better go now
You'll never see me cry, cry, cry