Sittin' in a honky tonk redneck bar   Watchin' some cat play the steel guitar   Lookin' for love in the wrong place again   It's a sin, there she is leaving with another man      Oh, love, take me back home   Where my heart's not healing over   The love I lost with you, Diane   Sweet Diane      Walked down the alley way late that night   A dark man in glasses walked up with a knife   I said, "You must be crazy, I got nothing left   She took it all, y'all"   There she goes leaving with another joe      Oh, love, take me back home   Where my heart's not healing over   The love I lost with you, Diane   Sweet Diane      Sitting in the living room, playing my guitar   Thinking 'bout an easy way to go out far   'Cause she's somewhere   Loving another man      Oh, love, take me back home   Where my heart's not healing over   The love I lost with you, Diane   Sweet Diane      Oh, love, take me back home   Where my heart's not healing over   The love I lost with you, Diane   Sweet Diane, Diane, Diane, Diane