Well, baby, there you stand
With your little head down in your hand
Oh my God, you can't believe
It's happening again
Your baby's gone and you're all alone
And it looks like the end

And you're back out on the street
And you're tryin' to remember, oh
How to start it over
And you don't know if you can
You don't care much
For a stranger's touch
But you can't hold your man
You never thought you'd be alone
This far down the line
But I know what's been on your mind
You're afraid it's all been wasted time

The autumn leaves have got you thinkin'
About the first time that you fell
You didn't love the boy too much
No no, you just loved the boy too well
Well well

And so you live from day to day
And you dream about tomorrow
And the hours go by like minutes
When the shadows come to stay
So you take a little something
To make them go away
I could have done so many things, baby
If I could only stop my mind
From wonderin' what I felt behind
And from worryin' 'bout this wasted time

Another love has come and gone
And the years keep rushin' on
I remember what you told me
Before you went out on your own
Sometimes to keep it together
You got to leave it alone

So you can get on with your search, baby
And I can get on with mine
And maybe someday we will find
That it wasn't really wasted time