you know when you re in love and your lover leaves you and you ve got nobody the lonely hours over here sittin home and thinkin you say distant lover lover oh so many miles away oh heaven knows that i long for you every night every night and sometimes i yearn through the day distant lover oh lover you should think about me say a prayer for me please please baby think about me sometime think about me yeah here in misery misery as i reminisce oh baby through our joyful summer together the promises we made of the daily letter then all of a sudden everything seemed to explode now i gaze out my window sugar down the lonesome road distant lover oh sugar how can you treat my heart so mean and cruel don t you know sugar that every moment that i spent with you i treasured it like it was a precious jewel oh baby lord have mercy oh baby don t go please come back baby something i wanna say when you left you took all of me with you now lord i wonder do you wanna hear me scream and plead please please please come back home girl please baby come back home oh baby don t go please come back baby oh something i wanna say when you left to go away no other do i want do you wanna have me plead and scream please please oh please baby come back home girl oh baby come back oh oh