Written by Sedaka and Howie Greenfield  They first offered it to The Fleetwoods,  who charted it at only #84 in 1959 as the flip of their smash "Mr. Blue"  Sedaka then covered his own song in 1960 and took it to # 17.  You are the answer to my lonely prayer  You are an angel from above  I was so lonely till you came to me  With the wonder of your love.  I don't know how I ever lived before  You are my life, my destiny  Oh my darling, I love you so  You mean everything to me  If you should ever, ever go away  There would be lonely tears to cry  The sun above would be never shine again  There would be teardrops in the sky  So hold me close and never let me go  And say our love will always be  Oh, my darling, I love you so  You mean everything to me  So hold me close and never let me go  And say our love will always be  Oh, my darling, I love you so  You mean everything to me