Written by: Floyd Huddleston
From the Album: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: December 10, 1973
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I cried the day you left me and
I still don't know what kept me
From jumping off the highest
bridge I know.
My poor heart was breaking, I
felt lower than a snake-in,
That is just about the lowest
you can go.
I finally stopped my drinking,
fell down and started thinking,
That it's no pay to relive
yesterday.
I tried to hide my sorrow,
started living for tomorrow,
I think I'm gonna make it all
the way.
You hurt me and abused me, took
advantage of and used me,
I swear it almost made a wreck
of me.
When I needed your devotion, you
were never in the notion
You were cold as any iceberg in
the sea,
Love to you had lost its
splendor, my pride went out the window,
When you left me, I kept begging
you to stay.
But now my heart is healing, and
I got a real good feeling,
I think I'm gonna make it all
the way.
My troubles came in bunches, I
kept rolling with the punches,
You'd shoot me down and I'd get
back again.
I tried to be your lover, in no
time I did discover
Your loving cup was not for me
to win.
Your kisses weren't the same but
I kept kinda fan the flame,
Till I just couldn't take
another day,
You can't blame me for trying,
now I stopped my crying,
I think I'm gonna make it all
the way.
I tried my best to take it, but
my smiling face didn't make it,
'Cause in my heart, I knew there
was no hope,
Each place reminded me of the
memories of your love,
I've come right to the end of my
rope.
That's when I met my new friend,
she's just as much a true friend,
Treats me like a lover here to
stay.
And it's working out so well now,
you can go to hell now.
This time I'm gonna make it all
the way.
Yes, this time I'll make it all
the way.
Yes. I think I'm gonna make it
all the way,
Baby, get out of my way.