I Don't Wanna Be The Last To Know Lyrics & Chords By Shalamar

F: Boy we? ve known each other now for quite some time,
Long enough to feel when something? s on our minds.
You know I? m not the type to jump to any conclusion,
But before you speak, I just want you to listen. I?
(I don? t want to be the last.
I don? t want to be the last to know.
I don? t want to be.)
F: If you ever think about leavin?.
(I don? t want to be the last.)
F: Don? t let me be.
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
F: If you? re gonna leave.
M: Rest assured it? s only rumors floatin? ? round.
And though you think you? re just a little bit premature,
It? s good to talk it out.
We? ve got to listen to our heart instead of to the street.
So let? s talk it over.
The same thing goes for me.
Baby I don? t wanna be.
(I don? t want to be the last.)
M: The Last.
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
M: To know. Baby,
(I don? t want to be.)
M: If you? re letting me go.
(I don? t want to be the last.)
M: I don? t
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
M: Want to be.
(If You? re going to leave.)
M: Don? t let me be the last to know.
(I don? t want to be the last.)
(No I don? t)
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
[Male line]
F: Just give love that respect.
M: If you ever want to say goodbye,
(I don? t want to be the last.)
(Tell me why!)
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
(If You? re going to leave.)
M: Don? t let me be the last.
M: I remember when we, had an understanding.
If I feel this change you? ll be the first to know,
(((If I? ve got to go away,) get away,) get away.)
M: Love never promised any guarantee,
That we? d make it. But I can take it.
If it can? t be what it? s been,
Please don? t fake it. Hear me baby.
F: Before we say that final goodbye,
Why not give our love just one more try.
And I promise you if I can? t hang,
You? re gonna be the first to know.
M: I wanna hear it from you for myself.
No, don? t let me hear it baby nowhere else.
F: That? s all I want.
M: That? s all I ask.
(Don? t let me be, oh baby please,)
(I don? t wanna be)
(I don? t want to be the last.)
M: To know.
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
F: I won? t forget.
(I don? t want to be.)
F: If somethin? s on your mind, tell me please,
But Baby don? t let me be.
(I don? t want to be the last.)
F: The last to know.
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
F: Give me that respect.
(If you? re gonna leave.)
[Fade out]
M: For the time we? ve spent,
(Don? t let me be, oh baby please,)
(I don? t wanna be)
(I don? t want to be the last.)
M: To know
(I don? t want to be the last to know.)
M: No, no, no.