I don't want to know the reasons why
Love keeps right on walking on down the line
I don't want to stand between you and love
Honey, I just want you to feel fine

I don't want to know the reasons why
Love keeps right on walking on down the line
I don't want to stand between you and love
Honey, I just want you to feel fine

Finally baby
The truth has come down now
Take a listen to your spirit
It's crying out loud
Tryin' to believe
Oh, you say you love me, but you don't know
You got me rocking and a-reeling
Oh oh yeah, uh huh

I don't want to know the reasons why
Love keeps right on walking on down the line
I don't want to stand between you and love
Honey, I just want you to feel fine

I don't want to know the reasons why
Love keeps right on walking on down the line
I don't want to stand between you and love
Honey, I just want you to feel fine

Finally baby
The truth has been told
Now you tell me that I'm crazy
It's nothing that I didn't know
Trying to survive
Oh, you say you love me, but you don't know
You got me rocking and a-reeling
Hanging on to you
Oh oh yeah, uh huh

I don't want to know the reasons why
Love keeps right on walking on down the line
I don't want to stand between you and love
Honey, take a little time

Oh, I don't want to know


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    I agree with the person above. I think this song is definitely about a relationship ending, and the confusion that goes with it. You know it's not working, and while you don't want it to end you know that it can't go on this way. "I don't want to stand between you and love Honey, take a little time." The singer wants their lover to have real love..But she's also asking him to think about it (hehe, Stevie Nicks) before he makes a decision to leave.

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