I shoulda known
I'd be left alone and cryin'
I shoulda known
Right from the start
I shoulda known
You'd love me just to leave me
I shoulda known someday
You would break my heart

I should've believed you the first time
You showed who you were
You said your love was all mine
But I kept gettin' hurt
And I can't remember the last time I felt like myself
'Cause you made me feel like somebody else

I shoulda known
I'd be left alone and cryin'
I shoulda known
Right from the start
I shoulda known
You'd love me just to leave me
I shoulda known someday
You would break my heart

It never mattered that I pleaded
Or how hard I tried
The one thing that I needed
Was what you denied
And in the end I just got cheated
Outta what love should be
'Cause you never gave yourself up to me

I kept tellin' myself that maybe you'd change
But you proved me wrong again and again
'Til I knew what I was dyin' for
Would only be found outside your door
In some other time and place,

I shoulda known
I'd be left alone and cryin'
I shoulda known
Right from the start
I shoulda known
You'd love me just to leave me
I shoulda known someday
You would break my heart