The Girl I Left Behind

(album: Workin' On A Groovy Thing (AKA Sounds Of Sedaka) - 1969)

You told me not to try and tie you down
So I just took my place and hung around
You always said that you must be free
Well you couldn't see, you were losing me
And messing up the one good thing we had

And I'm going out the same way I came in
The game is over now, I couldn't win
My heart is all I'll have to pack
For this time girl I won't be back
And years from now I'll turn around and see
The girl I left behind me

I told myself that things would be OK
You'd come around to my way any day
As time went on you just stayed the same
No you couldn't change or be re-arranged
I'm picking up the pieces of my life

And I'm going out the same way I came in
The game is over now, I couldn't win
My heart is all I'll have to pack
For this time girl I won't be back
And years from now I'll turn around and see
The girl I left behind me

I'm picking up the pieces of my life
And I'm going out the same way I came in
The game is over now, I couldn't win
My heart is all I'll have to pack
For this time girl I won't be back
And years from now I'll turn around and see
The girl I left behind me
You told me not to try and tie you down
So I just took my place and hung around...