--words and music by Michael Stanley/Bob Pelander
from "North Coast", 1981, EMI Records Group
Nobody's talking about it Everybody's walking around it Do they really think that I'm so blind That I can't see... Everybody knows that you're leaving And I can tell that you stopped believing After all that we've been through Is that the way you want it to be... You gotta... Tell me you don't remember me Tell me that I don't stand a chance Tell me it's something that I said Tell me you'd rather see me dead Or tell me that there's some other guy Tell me you just don't want to try Tell me the way it's gonna be Give me the word girl set me free But baby don't tell them tell me... Do you think that I got it coming Did you think that maybe by running Running out in the dark of the night Is that the way you want to go... 'Cause out there it's life for the taking Back here it's my heart that's breaking And you know that it hurts so bad To be the very last one to know... You gotta... Tell me you don't remember me Tell me that I don't stand a chance Tell me it's something that I said Tell me you'd rather see me dead Or tell me that there's some other guy Tell me you just don't want to try Tell me the way it's gonna be Give me the word girl set me free But baby don't tell them tell me... I'm not looking for a confrontation But I gotta know what to do And I'm tired of this second-hand information I just want to hear it from you... Tell me you don't remember me Tell me that I don't stand a chance Tell me it's something that I said Tell me you'd rather see me dead Tell me that there's some other guy Tell me you just don't want to try Tell me the way it's gonna be Give me the word girl set me free But baby don't tell them tell me... Ah ha tell me Ah ha tell me Ah ha tell me, baby Ah ha you gotta tell me Ah ha you gotta tell me Tell me, baby