I was in two minds when she went away And both wanted her to stay My good mind said to get down on my knees And to beg her please please please To be mine all the time she was away To promise her I would wait But my other mind said to me We would both need to be free And that talking on the telephone Wouldn't keep us from feeling alone 'Cause we were young and when we felt cold We'd each want a warm body to hold I was in two minds as I walked her home And carried on alone If I'd have stayed to hold her tight Maybe I'd be with her tonight But we weren't lovers, we were friends And I didn't want that to end I was in two minds but they got it wrong I wrote her letters I wrote her this song But I waited far too long 'Til she was gone 'Til she was gone I was in two minds when she went away I was in two minds when she went away But both wanted her to stay All my heart wanted her to stay I was in two minds when she went away