I've had many times I can tell you Times when innocence I trade for company And children saw me crying I thought I'd had my share of that But these miss you nights are the longest Midnight diamonds, stud my heaven Southward burning lie the jewels that I obey And a warm wind that embrace me Just as surely kissed your face Yeah these miss you nights, they're the longest How I missed you How I missed you, I'm not likely to tell I'm a man, the cold daylight buys the pride I'd rather sell Oh my secret Oh my secrets are a wasted affair You know them well Thinking of my going How to cut the thread and leave it all behind Looking windward for my comfort I take each day as it arrives But these miss you nights are the longest Lay down Lay down all thoughts of your surrender It's only me who's killing time Lay down Lay down all dreams and things once remembered It's just the same, this miss you game Yeah these miss you nights are the longest