Your re quest in the beginning
was for me to tell you where you stand,
no matter what position it might be.
But 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 feeling for you's
not the way it was
The truth is what you wanted
and so that's just what you're getting
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
I'm not much for sudden endings
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
Instead of laying everything
down on the line
It's wrong to be pretending
that I still do care about you
When another woman has
this heart of mine
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
Then you never should have told me
that you wanted me to tell you like it is