I never knew no kind of flame before   I never knew a love to run up so fast   Just to run me down   I never new a girl to take my love so strong   Just to leave me lonely, come summer's end      I'd gladly let the ladies pass me by   Just to save me heartache      Don't tell me that you love me   Don't tell me that you'll keep me in your heart   Don't tell me that I must be strong 'cause you're moving on   Just say you'll love me into the dawn      All I ever wanted was some good times   But now it's gone and grown so bad, I need you so   I tried to hide my love with pride   But girl, you saw right through me   Yes, you know the score, you know the score      If the time should come, you find that you are leaving   If the time should come, you find you must go      Don't tell me that you love me   Don't tell me that you'll keep me in you're heart   Don't tell me that I must be strong   That you're moving on   Just say you'll love me into the dawn      You don't have to school me 'cause I know the time   You're headed back to your man   But if I could go back with you where you are   I would stay there with you      Then the summer ended   And the day did come when you would go   But don't you start to cry, just hold on      And don't tell me that you love me      Don't tell me into the dawn   But if I, I could go back with you where you are   I would stay, I would stay there with you