Needles and pins, twilight till dawn
 Watching that clock till you return
 Lighting that torch and watching it burn

 Now it begins, day after day
 This is my night, ticking away
 Waiting to hear footsteps that say
 "Love will appear and this time to stay"

 Oh, each time you go
 I try to pretend
 It's over at last
 This time the big hurt will end

 Now it begins, now that you've gone
 Needles and pins, twilight till dawn
 But if you go, come back again
 I wonder when, oh when will it end?
 The big hurt

 The big hurt
 The big hurt