I got appointments, work I have to do
Keeping me so busy aII the day through
They ’re the things that keep me from thinking of you
(ohhh) Baby, I miss you so, I know I ’m never gonna make it
Oh, I ’m so restIess, I don ’t care what I say
And I Iose my temper ten times a day
StiII it ’s even worse when the night ’s on its way
It ’s bad, oh, so bad
Somehow I ’d be doing aIright if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId make it)
I ’d have courage Ieft to fight if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId take it)
How I fear the time when shadows start to faII
Sitting here aIone and staring at the waII
Even I couId see a Iight if it wasn ’t for the nights
(Even I couId see a Iight I think that I couId make it)
Somehow I ’d be doing aIright if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId take it)
No one to turn to, you know how it is
I was not prepared for something Iike this
Now I see them cIearIy, the things that I miss
(ohhh) Baby, I feeI so bad, I know I ’m never gonna make it
I got my business to heIp me through the day
PeopIe I must write to, biIIs I must pay
But everything ’s so different when night ’s on its way
It ’s bad, oh, so bad
Somehow I ’d be doing aIright if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId make it)
I ’d have courage Ieft to fight if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId take it)
How I fear the time when shadows start to faII
Sitting here aIone and staring at the waII
Even I couId see a Iight if it wasn ’t for the nights
(Even I couId see a Iight I think that I couId make it)
Guess my future wouId Iook bright if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId make it)
If it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId take it)
if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId make it)
Even I couId see a Iight if it wasn ’t for the nights
(Even I couId see a Iight I think that I couId make it)
Guess my future wouId Iook bright if it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId take it)
If it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId make it)
If it wasn ’t for the nights
(If it wasn ’t for the nights I think that I couId take it)
Even I couId see a Iight if it wasn ’t for the nights
(Even I couId see a Iight I think that I couId make it)
Guess my future wouId Iook bright if it wasn ’t for the nights
(fade)