When you left me, you left me on the way back down Far afield and casting far away, back home I was wounded, a cripple cast upon the streets Pushed by currents coursing through my deepest dreams And if I'm askin' myself why she would leave me here to die Why love and hate, cohabitate in a lover's lonely eye Don't ask why, oh, baby, don't ask why, oh no When you loved me your love was like a winding road Long and leading blindly to the mountain's edge I was spellbound, seeking vainly for a sign Silently suspended by the thinnest thread And if I'm askin' myself why you would leave me here to die Why love and hate, cohabitate in a lover's lonely eye Don't ask why, oh, baby, don't ask why, oh, oh, oh When you left me I wandered down through dusty towns Witness to the wars that raged within men's minds I was thirsty, a refugee upon the road Walking through the ruins of this kingdom come And if I'm asking myself why would you leave me here to die Why love and hate, cohabitate in a lover's lonely eye Don't ask why, oh, baby, don't ask why, oh, oh, oh