You'll be sorry you asked me the reason That she's not here with me tonight And I know you were probably just acting polite You'll be sorry you ever asked why. We started having problems in August last year Some things have been kind of rough for quite a while And you know how you think it'll work itself out Yeah but mister that thoughts wrong by a long long mile You'll be sorry you asked me the reason That she's not here with me tonight And I know you were probably just acting polite You'll be sorry you ever asked why. I might should have seen we were drifting apart But I was in what I guess you'd call denial And I had always heard you were the last one to know Hey well buddy I was last by a long long while You'll be sorry you asked me the reason That she's not here with me tonight And I know you were probably just acting polite But you'll be sorry you ever asked why. Ok we both have a tendency to over-react So I can't really tell you who's at fault There was certain third parties Well her sister for one Helped bring our reconciling to a drop dead halt Aren't you sorry you asked me the reason Why she's not here with me tonight And I know you were probably just acting polite But I'm sure sorry you ever asked why Aren't you sorry you ever asked why I'm sure sorry you ever asked why Did I tell you how she tried to have me locked out of the house Had to go hire a lawyer and all But I know that was mostly her family's idea I could hear them tell her what to say every time I'd call (fade out) You'll you sorry you asked me the reason That she's not here with me tonight And I know you were probably just acting polite But I'm sure sorry you ever asked why Aren't you sorry you ever asked why