There are those who'll come to tell you
I have sometimes played it false
I have used my kind of smiling
Like a bluff and taken all
Quiet whispers in your ear babe
How you should not take my side
Stay lovin, oh darlin!
I feel the changing of a tide
I got frightened, I took to running
I traveled eastward from the west
When I packed my bags for London
I was sure that I knew best
Quick and willing are your informants
Who'll say you can't get hold on me
Stay lovin, oh darlin!
I'm not the way I used to be
You may hear things through the grapevine
You may hear them on the street
But believe me, and don't believe, please
Every single thing you read
I don't say this to deny them
For some may know me by my name
But stay lovin oh darlin
Though I was she I'm not the same
Twice I let my heart be broken
Then I did not give my heart
Made my faith my base suspicion
Every whole I willed apart
In your mind you're bound to question
Can a girl like that stay true?
Stay lovin, oh darlin!
I want to stay on loving you