He stays out every night   And leaves me all alone   He never tells me where he goes      I'm not the only lonely one   Just ask a woman who knows      We used to share our troubles   And the good times too   Now I'm left with all the woes      I'm not the only sorry one   Just ask a woman who knows      The days are long   Oh, but the nights are longer   I've got the lonesomest blues      You'd know my only consolation   Is I ain't got nothing more to lose      So there you have the story   Of a love gone wrong   That used to blossom like a rose      Oh, I'm not the only broken heart   Just ask a woman who knows      Well my only consolation   Is that I got nothing more to lose      So there you have the story   Of a love gone wrong   That used to blossom like a rose      But I'm not the only broken heart   Just ask a woman and I'm a woman   Just ask a woman who knows      Oh yeah, ask a woman, ask a woman   And I'm a woman who knows