I've been holding out so long I've been sleeping all alone Lord I miss you I've been hanging on the phone I've been sleeping all alone I want to kiss you Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh Well, I've been haunted in my sleep You've been starring in my dreams Lord I miss you I've been waiting in the hall Been waiting on your call When the phone rings It's just some friends of mine that say, "Hey, what's the matter man? We're gonna come around at twelve With some Puerto Rican girls that are just dyin' to meet you. We're gonna bring a case of wine Hey, let's go mess and fool around You know, like we used to" Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah Oh everybody waits so long Oh baby why you wait so long Won't you come on! Come on! I've been walking in Central Park Singing after dark People think I'm crazy I've been stumbling on my feet Shuffling through the street Asking people, "What's the matter with you boy?" Sometimes I want to say to myself Sometimes I say Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh I won't miss you child I guess I'm lying to myself It's just you and no one else Lord I won't miss you child You've been blotting out my mind Fooling on my time No, I won't miss you, baby, yeah Lord, I miss you child Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah Lord, I miss you child Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah Lord, I miss you child Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah aaah Aaah aaah aaah aaah
You know my baby told me not so very long ago He said, "I don't love you, baby And you got to, you got to let me go" And that was too much, too much for me That's why I walked the back streets and cry
You know it hurts me so bad To hear my baby say Hear my baby say goodbye
He said another reason that makes me wanna leave You ain't got enough of nothin' to keep me, keep me [Incomprehensible] That was too much, oh, too much for me That's why I walked the back streets, the back street and cry Oh yeah
Oh, it hurts me, it hurts me so bad Oh, to hear my baby Hear my baby say goodbye
He said, "You're a good woman, Etta To treat me like you do" He said, "You ain't done nothin' to me I just can't stay here with you"
I stood and watch my baby as far as I could see You know the men started runnin' After waiving, waiving goodbye to me That was too much, too much for me That's why I walked the back streets and cry Oh yeah
You know it hurts me, it hurts me so bad Oh, to hear my baby Hear my baby say goodbye Hear and say goodbye
You know it hurts me so bad To hear my baby say goodbye That's why I walked the back streets The back streets and cry
Oh, I said it hurts me, it hurts me so bad Hear my baby say, so long Oh, it hurts me, hurts me, hurts me so bad Hear my baby say, hear my baby say goodbye
Oh baby, oh, oh, it hurts me so bad Hear my baby say goodbye That why I walked the back streets That why I walked the back streets and cry Oh, that why I walked the back streets and cry Cry, cry