Far away you've gone, and left me here   So cold without you, so lonely dear   May June July I count the time   Every minute I go takes the smell of your clothes further away      'Cause you've gone away   Where there isn't a telephone wire   Still I wait by the phone   You don't even write to say goodbye   Goodbye      I have saved every piece of paper   Like grocery lists & note cards   To do lists & race scores   So just in case you change your mind   & come back, I've kept everything safe      While you're gone away   Where there isn't a telephone wire   Still I wait by the phone   You don't even write to say goodbye      Get me out get me off   This is a ride going nowhere   But somewhere that I despise   Going nowhere to end up with a tearful   I don't wanna go on   With these pieces of paper   That you've left behind for      This is a ride going nowhere   But somewhere that I despise   Going nowhere to end up with a tearful   I don't wanna go on   With these pieces of paper   To keep me company in my old age      While you're gone away   Where there isn't a telephone wire   Still I wait by the phone   Why don't you write to say goodbye   Goodbye