AFFAIR
(Jerry Chesnut)


Sammi Smith - 1979



I'll be just a part of yesterday now
Maybe if it's all the same to you
Tomorrow I'll be leavin', but I'd like to go believin'
I was good for more than just a laugh or two

Don't worry, I ain't lettin' on to anyone
How much I'll miss the warmness in your smile
Outside o' me we done no harm to anyone
And I won't be forgettin' for a while

All my nights will be a little colder now
I ain't felt so old since I don't know when
I'm carryin' my heart upon my shoulder now
Rememberin' how you held it in your hands

And I may be wrong, but I believe that one time
You loved me just a little when you tried
I've nourished love like a baby for so long now
I just don't have the heart to watch it die

So I'll be gone and you'll be on your own now
Ending our old long drawnout affair
Call it what you want, I'll still remember
All the times you needed someone and I was there

So take what litlle love that's left between us
Pack it up and throw it to the wind
But somewhere down the road I'll stop and brush away a teardrop
Wishin' I could love that much again



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2018)