The sunlight hits me and I shiver

I rub the sleep out of my eyes 

I pull the mail box open 

And hope to find a sweet surprise 



I stumble back into the kitchen 

I dump out last night's coffee grinds 

I think the whole thing over 

It's like a movie in my mind 



Well they tell me 

I'm gonna have to carry on without her 

But I'm afraid that ain't the way I got it planned 

I'm gonna take a walk today 

I'll go the old familiar way 

I'll walk up to her and I'll say, 

"I've come to win you back Suzanne." 



The beauty of this life is changing 

When pressed against the cold, hard facts 

The fact is I got restless 

And you say you ain't coming back 



So hello friendly next door neighbor 

Hello bird up on the wire 

The thought of her surrender 

Spreads through me like a forest fire 



Well they tell me... 



How could you believe that you could get away from me so easy 

What kind of man would let the woman of his dreams just go away 

You said I'd never change before but when I knock upon your door 

You'll see babe, the change in me babe 

I'm on my knees babe 

Looking at you from across the way 



See her diamond earrings sparkle 

Hear the pounding in my chest 

I wish I had a dollar 

For every one of my regrets 



In the distance he's approaching 

The ghost of who I might have been 

As I walk home alone my 

Memory's my only friend 



Well they tell me....