38 Special

I know that I've been gone and it's been far too long

You know you never were the center of my attention

I know I never tried and let the years go by

That's something that I never really care to mention

Yeah

(Chorus)

Cannot give you up, this is not the way

I thought it all would be in the end

Will not give you up, this is not the way

I thought it all would end

I never wanted to bother or burden you, I know

You never should have hurt by my afflictions

I know your mother lied and tried to justify

She never really cared for all of my addictions

Yeah

(Chorus)

I know we both were wrong and I was gone

This is not the way I thought it all would end

I've come to contemplate and now I relate

To what was never said

And all the wrong I did and I apologize

For missing your whole life

The one thing I can't seem to forget

Is never saying goodbye (x4)

Cannot give you up, I know I never tried

This is not the way I thought it should end (x2)