(Carrie Ann Newcomer)

Been a long time comin', and the cards were stacked
It's been a long hard road to hell and back
You were love-makin' trouble from the day we met
You won every hand; I lost every deck

Now you'd think that I should've known better
Now you'd think that I would have seen it comin'
My heart sayin', when I read that letter:
"Sink like a stone; sink like a stone"

If I could stop yesterday's mail,
Brown love like this is always bound to fail
Your love meant trouble from the day we met,
If you wanted your things, they're on the front step

Now you'd think that I should've known better
Now I think that I should have seen it comin'
An' my heart sayin', when I read that letter:
"Sink like a stone; sink like a stone"

All alone in my kitchen, all alone in my head
Some things you can't take back once they've been said
Don't know why this love is full
All I know is I don't want it anymore

Now you'd think that I should've known better
I, I should have seen it comin'
My heart sayin', when I read that letter,
"Sink like a stone; sink like a stone"