I've had many times I can tell you   Times when innocence I'd trade for company   And children saw me crying   I thought I'd had my share of that   But these miss you nights are the longest      Midnight diamonds stud my heaven   Southward burning like the jewels that eye your place   And the warm winds that embrace me   Just as surely kissed your face   Yeah these miss you nights they're the longest      How I missed you I'm not likely to tell   I'm a man and cold daylight buys the pride I'd rather sell   All my secrets are a wasted affair   You know them well      Thinking of my going    How to cut the thread and leave it all behind   Looking windward for my compass   I'll take each day as it arrives   But these miss you nights are the longest      Lay down all thoughts of your surrender   It's only me who's killing time   Play down all dreams and themes once remembered   It's just the same this miss you game      yet these miss you nights are the longest