Your request in the beggin' was for me to tell you where you stand
N matter what position it might be
Well baby I've stuck to it and I've never failed to let you know
How things stood when it came to you and me
Now I find it necessary to advise you at this moment
That my feelin' for you is not the way it was
The truth is what you wanted and so that's just what you're a gettin'
When I tell you that I've found another love

You never should have told me that you wanted me to tell you like it is
But that's something you insisted on and I believe that you were positive
If you weren't prepared to face up to the disappointment of our differences
Then you never should have told me that you wanted me to tell you like it is

[ fiddle - guitar ]
I'm not much for sudden endins' but it's best to get it over with
To live together now would be a lie
I had to level with you but I'm really very sorry
That this news I broke to you has made you cry
If there'd been an easy method you can bet I would have used it
Stead of laying everything down on the line
It's wrong to be pretendin' that I still do care about you
When another woman has this heart of mine

You never should have told me that you...
Then you never should have told me that you wanted me to tell you like it is