Don't shed a tear 'cause I'm missing you tonight, You're walking away from me and feeling fine. Up to my neck in the panic that I can't hide, You're running far from, the rest of them lied. Ground into the stones and the weather that I can't win, I've fallen far within, my exit's right. And I guess I didn't want to make you stand by. Stand by myself in a field of cane and rice, Said I won't kiss and tell, but I might. Write a letter with a hand so taken by haste, What a bitter taste, so righteous and bright. And I guess I didn't want to make you stand by. All these things, we'll make it through Stand by.