How You Gonna Stand It lyrics

And you just pulled in your driveway

And you get out of your car

And the next-door neighbor's Collie

Stomps across the big backyard

And it looks a little different now

When you know it's missing love

And everyone knows how you feel

And no one really does

Baby, how you gonna stand it?

How you gonna live

When there's no one left to live for

And there's no love left to give?

When there's no one to put in with you

Like I did for so long

Baby, how you gonna stand it when I'm gone?

Don't forget to taste the wine, love

While your young and it's still warm

Don't forget your sense of humor

In the sunshine and the storm

Don't forget to give the world a smile

As it goes passing by

Don't forget to hide your face, love, when you cry

Baby, how you gonna stand it?

How you gonna live

When there's no one left to live for

And there's no love left to give?

When there's no one to put in with you

Like I did for so long

Baby, how you gonna stand it when I'm gone?

You could call them up and have a party

Everybody knows that parties end

Then who will sit with you after the party?

You're gonna find no one's that good a friend

And at four o'clock some morning

When the silence wakes your mind

And your eyes see something in the room

That I have left behind

And it's too early then to call a friend

So you got to sit alone

And reality confronts you that I'm not coming home

Baby, how you gonna stand it?

Who you gonna call when the memories surround you

From the bedroom to the hall

When there's no one there to cling to you like I did for so long

Baby, how you gonna stand it?

How you gonna stand it?

How you gonna stand it when I'm gone?

• Artist:Vicki Lawrence
• Album:The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia