Song Description

poignant, melodic song in which the singer recaps an all-nighter, confessing ruefully to his lost love how all his attempts to avoid the thought of her (drinking, smoking, fighting, hiding) only brought his thoughts back to her; and admits that he is to blame for losing her

Lyrics

I?ve been out all night drinking
Turning the long day loose
I?ve seen a lot of beautiful women
But it always comes back to you
I don?t know why everybody
Ends up here just the same

I only know I, ain?t got nobody
Nobody but myself to blame

I?ve been out all night smoking
Behind a cloud down at the bar
Fading away someplace
Where you won?t find me anymore
And I don?t remember what I wanted
From all of this pain

I only know I, ain?t got nobody
Nobody but myself to blame

I?ve been out all night fighting
Talking loud and acting rough
I went three rounds with some Staten Island woman
Before I couldn?t get back up
And I don?t why I kept thinking
As I kissed her without asking her name

I only thought I ain?t got nobody
Nobody but myself to blame

I?ve been holding out for something
Something that I just can?t face
And now that you?re gone, I ain?t got no one
But myself

I?ve been hiding out all morning
Baby, you been on my mind
And the one thing that I?ve been avoiding
Has been waiting its turn in line
And I couldn?t say that I blame you
If you don?t want me back again

Because if I ain?t got nobody,
I?ve got nobody but myself to blame
Yeah, if I ain?t got nobody,
I?ve got nobody but myself to blame