how'd i know that love would slip away

baby

just don't lie there

baby

please don't stay

i can't help if i feel this way

baby

i've been cryin'

baby

i've been tryin'

of failing love

i tried to say

yeah

how'd i know that love would slip away

slip away

how'd i know that love would slip away

slip away

you always made some promises

you knew you never keep

but when you said you'd phone and didn't

you knew that i'd lose sleep

tried to understand you

i did the best i could

but

boy

i can't keep lovin' you

that way i said i could

how'd i know that love would slip away

slip away

tell me

how was i to know

it would slip away

yeah

how was i to know

that love would slip away

tell me

how'd i know

that love would slip away

yeah

how'd i know that love would slip away

how'd i know that love would slip away

how'd i know that love would slip away

how'd i know that love would slip away

how'd i love that love would slip away

broken promise

i didn't know

i thought our love was here to stay

ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

you lied to me.