It's strange, I know, but that's the way it goes

Leaving you this way, I'm sorry to say

That my love has faded, faded away

It happened while you were gone

You stayed away too long

You didn't write or even call

I thought you didn't care at all

I was sad as I could be

The same boy who's fella to me

But oh how I tried to resist him

(Oh, how I tried to resist him)

But my heart told me to keep him

(My heart told me to keep him)

It's strange, I know, but that's the way it goes

Leaving you this way, I'm sorry to say

When you get home, I'll be gone

Asked my papa for your letter that I put aside

When you finish the letter, I'll be Eddie's bride

It's strange, I know (Strange, I know)

But that's the way it goes (But that's the way it goes)

Leaving you this way (Strange, I know)

But that's the way it goes (That's the way it goes)

It's strange, I know (Strange, I know)

But that's they way, that's they way, that's the way, that's the way it goes (That's the way it goes)

Oh it's strange, I know