Once I had myself a good woman   But I just didn?t treat her right   I was always leavin?   Livin? a party life      True love was waitin? for me   I was much too blind to see   ?Til she told me she would leave me   I said that?s all right with me      Oh, now she?s gone   Realized I lost the best thing there is   And my pride keeps tellin? me   Let your loss be your lesson      Heaven knows I miss her lovin?   Heaven knows how much I cry   Just to think that she had left me   And I know the reason why      I could tell she had been cryin?   It didn?t seem to bother me   ?Cause I know there?s no one blinder   Than a fool who just couldn?t see      Oh, now she?s gone   I realized I lost the best thing there is   And my pride keeps tellin? me   Let your loss be your lesson      Let your loss be your lesson