I can see it in your eyes   you don't love me   and though you tried to hide   hide it from me   I know i can see the truth   so easy to love you in the beginning   and so easy to play the fool   cuz i was willing   but it's over now      when loving you was easy   when loving you was easy   tried to make it hard for me   still i stuck around   i was set on loving you   and no matter what you did   i stuck through it      when loving you was easy   why'd you make it harder   why'd you make it hard for me   when i stuck around    wishing that you'd would come around   oh, you made it easy for me to leave you      it could have been so easy cuz   my heart was easy to give ya   like second nature   lovin you was systematic   like i was an addict   it hurt me but i couldn't get enough   it's like you hated me around   but when i left you couldn't stand it   and you needed me around   but i can't take the ups and downs   it's one thing that i found   i gotta get over you      when loving you was easy   when loving you was easy   tried to make it hard for me   when i stuck around   hopin that you'd come around   and no matter what you did   i stuck through it      when loving you was easy   so why'd you make it harder   why'd you make it hard for me   when i stuck around    wishing that you'd come around   cuz now you made it easy for me to leave you      i gave you everything i had   didn't ask you for anything that i didn't give you myself   if you didn't want to say (hey hey)   that was all you had to say   cuz although i used to love you   and need you   you knew that i knew we couldn't last for long   and i didn't mean to bring the choir to let you know you were wrong      when loving you was easy   when loving you was easy   ya tried to make it hard for me   when i stuck around   hopin that you'd come around   and no matter what you did   i stuck through it all      when loving you was easy   why'd you make it harder   why'd you make it hard for me   and i stuck around    wishing that you'd come around (but i'm tired now)   and that's why i'm leavin you      i'm leavin you   i'm leavin you