I\'ve been with you for 10 years
10 years too long
you done nothing to me
You done nothing to me but wrong
and now you\'re come\' to steppin to me and say, say that you\'re gone
and I say it\'s ok go on your way I can do better baby on my own.
My eyes are open, I can see that time to take care of me first

Chorus

Why\'d ya have to let me go
Before I could let you go
1st
Why was I the last to know
That you planned to let me go
1st

All done was just give me,
You gave me heartache and pain
You told everyone you did for me
You did nothing but cry and complain
All you done was take from me
You took my mind, my body, my soul
And now you\'ve gone and tell the world that I was the one who lost control.
I should have realized that you weren\'t right, child and known, to let you go first

Chorus

Why\'d ya have to let me go
Before I could let you go
1st
Why was I the last to know
That you planned to let me go
1st

You\'re getting trifflein\' and ghetto now
Do\'in your best to cut me down
With all the drama that you put me through
Did you think I\'d want to stay with you
You\'re no good, you\'re good boy you need to quit
But 1st let me flip the script
And tell you that I don\'t appreciate all that you\'ve done
well, you won\'t beleive me when I say it but you were never the one
It\'s not that you leaving that hurts it\'s just you got to say those words first

Why\'d ya have to let me go
Before I could let you go
1st
Why was I the last to know
That you planned to let me go
1st