W ell baby there you s tand
W ith your little head down in your h and
O h my God you c an't believe it's h appening a gain
Y our baby's gone and you're a ll alone
And it l ooks like the e nd.
A nd you're back out on the s treet
A nd you're tryin' to r emenber .
H ow will you start it o ver?
You don't know if you c an
You d on't care much for a st range's touch
But you c an't hold your m an.
Y ou never thought you'd b e alone
T his far down the l ine
A nd I know what's been on your m ind
You're a fraid it's all been w asted t ime.
T he autumn l eaves have got you t hinking
A bout the f irst time that you f eel
Y ou didn't lo ve the boy t oo much no no
You just l oved t he boy to w ell F arewell.
S o you live from day to d ay
A nd you dream about tom orrow oh
And the h ours go by like m inutes
And the s hadows come to s tay
So you t ake a little somet hing to
m ake them go aw ay.
A nd I could have done so m any things baby
I f I could only stop m y mind
F rom wondrin' what I left beh ind
And from w orrying 'bout this wa sted ti me.
O oh another love has come and g one
O oh and the years keep rushing o n
I rem ember what you t old
me bef ore you went out on your o wn:
"Sometimes to k eep it togeth er
We got to l eave it al one."
So y ou can get on with your s earch baby
And I can get on with m ine
And m aybe someday we will f ind that it
W asn't really wa sted t ime.
O h ooooh
O h ooooh
O h ooooh .