How You Gonna Stand It

And you just pulled in your driveway And you get out of your car And the next-door neighbor's Collie Stomps across the big backyard And it looks a little different now When you know it's missing love And everyone knows how you feel And no one really does Baby, how you gonna stand it? How you gonna live When there's no one left to live for And there's no love left to give? When there's no one to put in with you Like I did for so long Baby, how you gonna stand it when I'm gone? Don't forget to taste the wine, love While your young and it's still warm Don't forget your sense of humor In the sunshine and the storm Don't forget to give the world a smile As it goes passing by Don't forget to hide your face, love, when you cry Baby, how you gonna stand it? How you gonna live When there's no one left to live for And there's no love left to give? When there's no one to put in with you Like I did for so long Baby, how you gonna stand it when I'm gone? You could call them up and have a party Everybody knows that parties end Then who will sit with you after the party? You're gonna find no one's that good a friend And at four o'clock some morning When the silence wakes your mind And your eyes see something in the room That I have left behind And it's too early then to call a friend So you got to sit alone And reality confronts you that I'm not coming home Baby, how you gonna stand it? Who you gonna call when the memories surround you From the bedroom to the hall When there's no one there to cling to you like I did for so long Baby, how you gonna stand it? How you gonna stand it? How you gonna stand it when I'm gone?