Well baby, there you stand

With your little head down in your hand

Oh my god, you can't believe

It's happening again

Your baby's gone and you're all alone

And it looks like the end



And you're back out on the street.

And you're tryin' to remember.

How will you start it over?

You don't know what became.

You don't care much for a stranger's touch,

But you can't hold your man.



You never thought you'd be alone

This far down the line

But I know what's been on your mind

You're afraid it's all been wasted time



The autumn leaves have got you thinkin'

About the first time that you fell

You didn't love the boy too much

No no, you just loved the boy too well



So you live from day to day

And you dream about tomorrow

And the hours go by like minutes

The shadows come to stay

So you take a little somethin'

To make them go away



I could have done so many things, baby

If I could only stop my mind

From wonderin' what I left behind

And from worryin' about this wasted time



Another love has come and gone

And the years keep rushing on

I remember what you told me

Before you went out on your own:

"Sometimes to keep it together

You've got to leave it alone"



So you can get on with your search, baby

And I can get on with mine

And maybe someday we will find

That it wasn't really wasted time