(Dolly Parton)

The Hardest Thing I've Done Or That I'll Ever Do
Was To Just Walk Off And Leave You
But I Knew I Had To Leave You
'Cause I Couldn't Stay And Watch You
Falling Out Of Love With Me
The Worst Pain That I've Ever Known
Or That I'll Ever Know
Was To See Your Love-a-dying
And To Have To Watch It Dying
And I Couldn't Stand To Watch You
Falling Out Of Love With Me

I'm Hurting Now, But Still It's Better
I Left While Love Was Still Alive
It Was Dying And I'd Rather
I Didn't Have To Watch It Die

The Loneliest I've Ever Been
Or That I'll Ever Be
Now That I'm Without You
But I Couldn't Stand To Watch You
Falling Out Of Love With Me

I'm Crying Now, But Still It's Better
I Left While Love Was Still Alive
It Was Dying And I'd Rather
I Didn't Have To Watch It Die