I went out to the insane asylum,
an d I found my baby there.
I said, please,
please come back to me, darling.
What in the world are you
do ing here?
Another little girl raised up
her head.
Tears were streaming from her eyes.
And these are the things
the little girl said.
When your love has ceased to be,
there's no other place for me.
If you will hold me in your arms,
I'd rather be here from now on.
Some people have it half way there
Without your love I ain't nowhere
Oh, I can't eat and I can't sleep
Oh, I can't even live in peace
take me baby for your slave
And save me from
that earthen grave
Some people have it halfway fair
Without your love I ain't nowhere
An d then sorrow struck my heart
Tears began
streaming down from my
The only woman that I have ever loved
in all my life, out here,
in a place,
in a condition like this.
And I remembered what my mother would
say to me when I was a little boy.
This is only when
I could not help myself
to get down on my knees and pray,
and I fell down on my knees,
and these are the words I said.
Save me, save me, save me babe.
Yes, yes, yes, yes
Save me, save me, save me, dear
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Well, I don't know just how we made it
Oh, oh, oh, oh
But I'm so glad our love is here
But I'm so glad our love is here
But I'm so glad our love is here
But I'm so glad our love is here
I'll see