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Artist: The Emotions
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How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away
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How'd I Know That Love Would Slip Away
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Baby, just don't lay there
Baby, please, don't stare
I can't know if I feel this way
Baby, I've been crying, I've been trying
I fell in love I tried to say
How'd I know that love would slip away
No, I didn't know that love would slip away
You always made some promises you knew you would never keep
When you said you'd phone and didn't
You knew that I'd lose sleep
Tried to understand you, babe, did the best I could
Boy, I can't keep lovin' you the way I said I would
Oh, baby
How'd I know that love would slip away
I didn't know that love would slip away
How'd I know that love would slip away
I didn't know, I didn't know
I know that I'm feeling so much pain
Baby, please don't lay there, please don't stare
I can't know if I feel this way
How'd I know that love would slip away
I didn't know
How'd I know that love would slip away
I didn't know
There must have been a reason
Baby, don't you slip away
I didn't want things to go this, this way
Mister, man you had me in your hand
My love was at your command
But you missed the plan
Why don't you wait
Baby, don't you slip away
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