CHORUS Why should it be That when you left you could never know How it hurt me to watch you go When I loved you so And the heartache of our shattered dreams Stayed hidden behind my silent screams VERSE 1 You left me thinking I had done you wrong That somehow I was where the blame belonged But while I cried alone at night You were out with someone new And the whole town knew the truth CHORUS Why should it be That when you left you could never know How it hurt me to watch you go When I loved you so And the heartache of our shattered dreams Stayed hidden behind my silent screams VERSE 2 Then one day all the pieces fell in place I saw the lies behind your smiling face Every promise that you made Was just another passing line You were never truly mine CHORUS Why should it be That when you left you could never know How it hurt me to watch you go When I loved you so And the heartache of our shattered dreams Stayed hidden behind my silent screams VERSE 3 Now I can feel the clouds begin to part And someone new may someday find my heart The hurt still visits now and then But it doesn't rule my soul I've finally learned to let you go CHORUS Why should it be That when you left you could never know How it hurt me to watch you go When I loved you so And the heartache of our shattered dreams Stayed hidden behind my silent screams OUTRO Now you will never know All the tears that fell when you let me go But the girl you left behind Has found the strength to carry on And your memory is gone
