I KNEW WE COULD NEVER LOVE FOR LONG
(David Barnes)


Gene Watson - 1976





Since the day I met you I've been living in a dream
Knowing all the while our love was wrong
And though the times you mentioned him were few and far between
I knew we could never love for long

I shouldn't give a second thought of how it might have been
I shouldn't even miss you when you're gone
I knew the day would come when you'd go running back to him
I knew we could never love for long

I knew at times you missed him 'cause I heard you when you cried
I guess that he was always on your mind
But I thought that I could take it when you finally said goodbye
Oh, how could I have ever been so blind

I could never blame you 'cause I knew it from the start
You never really tried to lead me on
So tell me why this empty feeling's tearing me apart
When I knew we could never love for long

So tell me why this empty feeling's tearing me apart
When I knew we could never love for long






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2012)