So long, how I hate to see you go So long, how I hate to see you go And the way that I'm gonna miss you Darlin' you'll never know We've been together so long, to have to separate this way We've been together so long, to have to separate this way But you can go on and leave me, baby Hope and pray you'll come back home someday You said you once, once had loved me Now I guess you've changed your mind You said you once, once had loved me Now I guess you've changed your mind Please reconsider, baby And give yourself just a little more time