Well baby, there you stand 
With your little head, down in your hand 
Oh, my God, you can't believe 
It's happening again 
your baby's gone, and you're all alone 
and it looks like the end. 

And you're back out on the street. 
And you're tryin' to remember. 
How will you start it over? 
You don't know if you can. 
You don't care much for a stranger's touch, 
but you can't hold your man. 

You never thought you'd be alone 
this far down the line 
And I know what's been on your mind 
You're afraid it's all been wasted time 

The autumn leaves have got you thinking 
about the first time that you fell 
You didn't love the boy too much, no, no 
you just loved the boy too well, farewell
So you live from day to day, and you dream 
about tomorrow, oh. 

And the hours go by like minutes 
and the [bad word] to stay 
So you take a little something 
to make them go away 
And I could have done so many things, baby 
If I could only stop my mind from wonderin' what 
I left behind and from worrying 'bout this wasted time 

Ooh, another love [bad word] and gone 
Ooh, and the years [bad word] on 
I remember what you told me 
before you went out on your own: 
"Sometimes to keep it together, 
you got to leave it alone." 

So you can get on with your search, baby, 
and I can get on with mine 
And maybe someday we will find, 
that it wasn't really wasted time 
Mm,hm 
Oh hoo, ooh, ohh, 
Ooh,ooh, mm