I stayed away so long Jo
  don't think that I could come back
  You're doin' so well without me girl
  you'd laugh if you'd know'd where I'm at
  You knew me when it was all my world
  Somehow it's all passed me by
  But don't let on to my friends Jo dear
  that things ain't turned out as planned
  
  You bore my child then I left you aside
  I don't expect you to forgive
  But Jo I can say in a funny old way
  I was sure that I had it made
  
  I still possess a photograph
  my memory to refresh
  But fade it may Jo I can say
  I was sure that I had it made
  
  You bore my child then I left you aside
  I don't expect you to forgive
  But now I'm not so young and I'm so afraid
  to sleep alone for the rest of my days