Tonight when I get through at work I'll just head straight on home. I'll fix a bite and try to eat then I'll pick up the phone. I'll try to find out where she went I must know how she's been.
I don't like the sunshine I don't see the stars. I just hate the moonbeams that's shining where you are. I don't like the places where we walked arm in arm.
I just found out where you go each and every night. Where the drinks are high and the lights are low and mortals match the lights. Where the music's loud but still the crowd drowns out every note.
Think I'll go somewhere and cry myself to sleep. I just kissed the one I love for the last time. And never have her soft lips then so sweet. She's gone away and won't be back forever.
Drinking beer talking loud hanging round with a no good crowd. There's no reason to be living since you're gone. Living fast neon lights spending many restless nights.
In my troubled sleep my hands reach out to touch you. But you're no longer there to greet my hungry hands. Then I wake up and I cry out in the darkness.
After all I've done you still love me. You still show that I'm your only one. Putting off with me I know takes everything. But don't think that I'm not thankful for your love.
Oh I just return from a wedding a wedding that never should be. Although she has married another in her heart offered vows were to me. I could tell that her poor heart was breaking as she promised to love and obey.
Take these chains from my heart and set me free. You've grown cold and no longer care for me. All my faith in you is gone but these heartaches linger on.
Your secret love has known to everybody in this town. No need to try you can't deny the talk that's going round. You'll meet in secret places when you think no one's around.
It's three a.m. or after and I'm still awake. I thought I'd soon forget you when you went away. I wonder how much longer a man can live this way. It's three a.m. or after and I'm still awake.
Angray words were spoken and I left my baby in a cloud of gloom. Got into my car and drove around until I spurted this saloon. Came inside and bought a drink then I saw you and felt a burning glow.
The Japany's moon is bright tonight and Tokio is full of life. Busy people everywhere but busy people just don't care. I wanna go stateside oh Lord I wanna go stateside.
I met you and we married we planned our future well. Built our home on happiness then suddenly it fell. It wasn't long there after our love began to tilt.
At first when I heard of some people who say that old time religion is real. I said I'll go down take a look at the crowd for it's just a weak mind that I feel.
Mama died when I was born last July daddy took to drinking long before he died. Grandma kept me up until her passing somebody's always leaving. I've met Betty Jo at school for orphans in those two years we saw each other often.
One day the train was passin' I caught it crawlin' by. To look this old world over under God's blue sky. My darling stood there weeping as I was looking back.
As I sit at this bar and drink it over thoughts of you keep running through my mind. So I build myself a ship inside this bottle sail away leave all my blues behind.
That face in the mirror across the bar from me. Keeps staring back as if to say is this where you should be. But drinking helps forget her though I won't forget her long.
On a long lonesome journey I am going oh my sweet little darling don't cry. For in shackles and chains they will take me to a prison to live till I die.