This is the last time I look around the 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 crushing 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 your heart



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 to 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 us far behind.



But still tried to love you

I still tried to care

...



And when we say good-by

be sure and look me in the eye



And know the real secret was the thing we didn't have to hide.



I still tried to love you

I still tried to care

...



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.