This is the last time   I'll look across this table   And try to face a feeling I don't even recognize   This is a sad hand   That reached across and touched you   When all we'd built around us came crashing to the ground      There was a tide turning   Somewhere deep inside us   When all these years together seem lost behind my tears   Oh there were good times   But in between the dog days   I felt the pain of rumour whisper in my ears      But I still tried to love you   I still tried to care   Still tried to hold on with the power of my prayers   But you can't fight the rumour   You can't argue with you heart, no   Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads   Once the rumour spreads, the truth is just a thing of the past      As the rain falls   I listen to the radio   And try to memorize the words to "Georgia On My Mind"   But we're no old song   We never stood the test of time   The lies inside the rumour left trust so far behind      But I still tried to love you   I still tried to care   Still tried to hold on with the power of my prayers   But you can't fight the rumour   You can't argue with you heart, no   Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads   Once the rumour spreads, the truth is just a thing of the past      And when we say goodbye   Be sure to look me in the eye   And know the real secret   Was the things we didn't have to hide      But I still tried to love you   I still tried to care   Still tried to hold on with the power of my prayers   But you can't fight the rumour   You can't argue with you heart, no   Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads   Once the rumour spreads, the truth is just a thing of the past   Once the rumour spreads, once the rumour spreads   The truth is just a thing of, it's just a thing of   The truth is just a thing of the past