give me a minute to compose myself it s been long long time since you ve been gone i can still remember conversations we had too bad that s all that now lingers on so many times i nearly fooled myself that somebody like you could give a damn about me but then one day you stepped into my life all my strife was a fleeting memory over and over in my head at night didn t lose the battle didn t give up the fight to let you go then didn t make things right can t hide the tears from my eyes now that love s gone and passed me by bearing my life i somehow steered you wrong from the road once again was driving us away i pushed aside the things that meant so much with the hope that you d be happy someday i wear regret now like the lines on my face not a day passes on that you don t cross my mind couldn t raise the spirits of a broken heart if chance presents itself would you do in kind over and over in my head at night didn t lose the battle didn t give up the fight to let you go then didn t make things right can t hide the tears from my eyes now that love s gone and passed me by can t hide the tears from my eyes now that love s gone and passed me but then one day i gathered up the nerve to tread all of those ways i thought not to cross and for this pain that flow deep down inside that still house the dreams that always know loss upon the threshold i now made my ascent towards the door i sure closed on one careless day with not a look just passing buzzard revealed that your name long gone it faded away over and over in my head at night didn t lose the battle didn t give up the fight to let you go then didn t make things right what went wrong can t hide the tears from my eyes now that love s gone and passed me now that love s gone love s gone love s gone now that love s gone and passed me by 