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 backstreets 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 that was too much oh too much for me that s why i walked the backstreets the backstreet 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 backstreets 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 backstreets the backstreets 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 backstreets that why i walked the backstreets and cry oh that why i walked the backstreets and cry cry cry