she told me one time not long ago she said to get out and stay out and please don t ever speak to me no more now i ve been waitin like a blind man in the street well i m not blind baby baby i just can t see i said honey give me a chance to make it up to you i know i ain t been treatin you like i m supposed to do and whoa these lonely nights won t let me be i don t mind the pain honey but i can t stand the misery i went down to a bar in my neighborhood began to get drunk and man i sure did good now here comes a big old stick with a policeman well don t hit me no more mister i m dyin fast as i can don t hit me no more mister i m dyin fast as i can