Lyrics

Tell me why oh why did I let you see me cry when you told me goodbye underneath that border moon? And why oh why did I let you slip away gonna beg you to stay and come back to my lonely room? And where oh where am I gonna go now, never make it anyhow, without your angel eyes? And why oh why did I let you see me cry when you told me goodbye, oh why oh why oh why?

It all started out in a sleepy little town south of San Angelo. I was strummin' my guitar on the hood of my car with a girl from Ohio. When out of the blue I was thinkin' of you and I said I wouldn't say it first. But then she took me by surprise when she looked into my eyes and mumbled these three little words.

Tell me why oh why did I let you see me cry when you told me goodbye underneath that border moon? And why oh why did I let you slip away gonna beg you to stay and come back to my lonely room? And where oh where am I gonna go now, never make it anyhow, without your angel eyes? And why oh why did I let you see me cry when you told me goodbye, oh why oh why oh why?

And why-y-y did I let her get the best of me? Well I'm a-gonna cry cry cry till the little girl sets me free (aw set me free.)

Guitar solo

And why-y-y did I let her get the best of me? Well I'm a-gonna cry cry cry till the little girl sets me free.

Every other night when the moon gets bright I start to thinkin' 'bout my border flame. How she stumbled through the dark, stepped away with my heart, and I'm wonderin' if I'll ever be the same. 'Long about midnight, if it's all goin' right, she call me like a long-lost friend. And then she take me by surprise when she looks into my eyes and she whispers these words once again.

Why oh why did I let you see me cry when you told me goodbye underneath that border moon? And why oh why did I let you slip away gonna beg you to stay and come back to my lonely room? And where oh where am I gonna go now, never make it anyhow, without your angel eyes? And why oh why did I let you see me cry when you told me goodbye, oh why oh why oh why?

And why oh why did I let you see me cry when you told me goodbye? Oh why oh why oh why?