It's a lesson too late for the learnin'   Made of sand, made of sand   In the wink of an eye my soul is turnin'   In your hand, in your hand      Are you goin' away with no word of farewell?   Will there be not a trace left behind?   I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind   You know that was the last thing on my mind      You had reasons a-plenty for goin'   This I know, this I know   For the weeds have been steadily growin'   Please don't go, please don't go      Are you goin' away with no word of farewell?   Will there be not a trace left behind?   I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind   You know that was the last thing on my mind      As I lie in my bed in the mornin'   Without you, without you   Every song in my breast dies a-bornin'   Without you, without you      Are you goin' away with no word of farewell?   Will there be not a trace left behind?   I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind   You know that was the last thing on my mind      You know that was the last thing on my mind