I was in the dark runnin' back to you (uh huh) This was a surprise, now you tell me not to go When now I wait my turn until the walls you're in will start to fall 'Cause I'm a real short story And the truth is now I'm backed against the wall I was on the outside, I was far from home Nothing left to keep me quiet as you go Until the very last moment when I thought that we had found our way (uh huh) Well that's the price I'll pay which you took from me hiding in the dark Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to the nightsky Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to the night I was on the outside backed against the wall Told me that you'd shoot straight not let me take the fall And said you'd be there waiting when the world left me no one else to call But I'm a real short story and the truth is I won't let you take it all (take it all) Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to the nightsky Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to the night Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye goodbye to the nightsky Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye goodbye to the night