Bill Anderson Lyrics
"Why'd the Last Time Have to Be the Best"

(Red Williams)

As I lay here by my woman
I know I'm back where I belong again
I can't help but think about you
Though and all the things that might've been.

But we used commonsense to work it out
We quit before the word got out
We hurt each other stead of hurtin' all the rest
But why'd the last time have to be the best?

Why'd the last time have to be the time
The time we made our poem rhyme
You were perfect, no more, no less
Lord, why'd the last time have to be the best?

Today I passed our old meetin' place
You know it's not hittin' like we used to think it was
I guess we were just blinded by
Passion runnin' with the burnin' love.

But we used commonsense to work it out
We quit before the word got out
We hurt each other stead of hurtin' all the rest
But why'd the last time have to be the best?

I guess I'll always wonder why
The last time had to be the best...