I've had many times
I can tell you 
Times when innocence I'd trade for company
And children saw me crying 
I thought I'd had my share of that
But these 'miss you nights' 
Are the longest

Midnight diamonds
Stud my heaven
Southward burning lie the jewels that eye your place
And the warm winds 
That embrace me
Just as surely kissed your face
Yeah, these 'miss you nights' 
They're the longest

How I miss you
I'm not likely to tell
I'm a man
Cold day light buys the pride I'd rather sell
All my secrets
Are a wasted affair
You know them well

Thinking of my going
How to cut the thread and leave it all behind
Looking windward for my compass
I take each day as it arrives
But these 'miss you nights'
Are the longest

Lay down all thoughts of your surrender
It's only me who's killing time
Lay down all dreams and themes once remembered
It's just the same 
This 'miss you game'

Yeah, these 'miss you nights'
Are the longest