sometimes when he comes howe i'm cookin breakfast
i haven't slept a wink all night long
i've been layin bed thinkin like a woman
wonderin if my mans been doin me wrong
to think he might be out with another woman
makes my temper rise with jealousy
but all these years i've never caught him cheatin
i guess he needs some time away from me

but when he loves me he really loves me

(George Richey/Billy Sherrill/Tammy Wynette)

I'll need time,

To get you off my mind.

And I may sometimes bother you;

Try to be in touch with you.

Even ask too much of you from time to time.

Now and then,

Lord you know I'll need a friend.

'Til I get used to losing you,

Let me keep on using you.

'Til I can make it on my own.

I'll get by,

But no matter how I try,

(Billy Sherrill/Tammy Wynette)

We sure can love each other, when we try.

Just like in all the love songs, when we try.

And some nights I love you so much,

Content to be beside you.

And when I finally close my eyes,

The sun is high.

But we sure can hurt each other, when we try.

We know all the ways to make each other cry.

But when we forget compassion,

(Billy Sherrill/Steve Davis)

Look at me 'cos I might be,

The very last one that you'll ever see.

Someday you may wake up and find,

I'm one of a kind.

Now, don't look back once you're free,

There'll be nothing left to see.

And I'll be just a memory,

But keep this in mind.

I'm one of a kind

I wish you love as true as mine,

May you find happiness this time.

(Billy Sherrill/Norris Wilson/Tammy Wynette)

Time,

Won't ease my memory,

It's killing me now.

And Lord, how I need him here,

Just to feel him near,

And hear him breathing.

Still,

The night goes on and on,

Another lonely song, I'm singing.

Lord, don't think bad of me,

Don't get mad at me,

You know I'm weak.

And it couldn't cause a whole lot of harm,

(Michael Garvin/Bucky Jones)

I wish my love for you,

Could die the way that your love did for me.

I wish that I could lay to rest,

The memory of how good it used to be.

If I could, I'd take a gun,

Aim it at the past and shoot to kill.

Instead I lay here every night,

And all my love for you is still:

Alive and well,

And in the best of health.