You said you'd stay forever But by the time I closed my eyes I could tell that you had gone We said we'd live together But that was just an empty lie 'Cause now you're moving on And I'd like to know (I'd like to know) Why you'd left by the crack o' dawn And I'd like to know (I'd like to know) Whose side it is you're really on I'd like to know (I'd like to know) I'd say I'm doing better And that I found a simple life But I'd be hiding something true I wrote my mom a letter But I later realized All I wrote about was you And I'd like to know (I'd like to know) Why you'd left by the crack o' dawn I'd like to know (I'd like to know) Whose side it is you're really on I'd like to know (I'd like to know) You're the only one on my mind What I think about is I think about you And when I talk with all my friends, It's later on I find That I talk about, I talk about you And you know, I'd swear on my life That I just want, I just want you Well I'm lost And I don't know what to do I found your favorite sweater It had fallen off the rack And was laying on my floor But with the warmer weather I guess you won't be coming back To get it off o' my back door And I'd like to know (I'd like to know) Why you'd left by the crack o' dawn I'd like to know (I'd like to know) Whose side it is you're really on I'd like to know (I'd like to know) You're the only one on my mind What I think about is I think about you And when I talk with all my friends, It's later on I find That I talk about, I talk about you And you know, I'd swear on my life That I just want, I just want you Well I'm lost Yeah I'm lost Yeah I'm lost And I don't know what to do