Oh baby, there's a letter on the floor   That I just can't read no more   'Cause the words upon its face are sayin' goodbye      There's a plate upon the table   Filled with food I could not eat   There's a made-up bed in the bedroom where I couldn't sleep      I just sit and weep   Oh baby, that's how it is since you've been gone   That's how it is, I'm so all alone      Now the curtains are drawn in my lonely room   And the darkness fills the air   And this old empty heart of mine is in despair      Even though the tears I shed   Washed the words away   I could still remember every word you had to say      They just wouldn't go away   Oh baby, that's how it is since you've been gone   That's how it is, I'm so all alone      Oh baby, you knew right from the start   That my heart was in your hands   And your every, every wish, boy, was my command      That's why I can't understand   How you could leave me here helpless, dear   Alone and afraid, oh how could such a mistake be made?      But that's how it is since you've been gone   That's how it is, I'm so alone, oh baby   That's how it is since you've been gone   That's how it is, I'm so alone