In the darkness of the night I sometimes wonder was I right To leave you, love, without a smile Without a word when all the while It hurt inside to say goodbye As you begged for another try At loving me And pleasing me But though I tried to need you still I fought a battle 'gainst your will To tie me down and make me stay To keep the hills and seas at bay To make of me an only man A loving but a lonely man Meant just for you That's what you try to do And now within an empty day I feel an ache about the way I left you and I said goodbye In case we meet and want to try Again, my love, to build a wall To keep out ev'rything but all Our love could mean Oh, what our love could mean So in the darkness of the night I sometimes wonder was I right To leave you, love, without a smile Without a word when all the while It hurt inside to say goodbye As you begged for another try At loving me And pleasing me