[Verse 1]
I had it all and let it go
I'm a man who's come to know
The loving warmth that he remembers
As having come from dying embers
The images that I recall
Perhaps they don't resemble yours at all
I spoke too loud, I ran too fast
Until you gave up at last

[Chorus]
And it hurts to know
I had it all and let it go

[Verse 2]
Now all our friends know that you're gone
They're telling me, life must go on
They ask me out and I say, "Never"
I have no interest whatsoever
'Cause I'm a bore who may as well
Stay locked insidе his dreary prison cell
The pеrfect place for such a fool
Without you my life is cruel

[Chorus]
And it hurts to know
I had it all and let it go
[Verse 3]
I guess I'll learn to live again
And I'll find a way to cope and then
As if it wasn't all about you
I'll meet the world again without you
Those dizzy heights, I call it bliss
And now to cope is all there is
Oh God, dear God, I miss you, baby

[Chorus]
It hurts to know
I had it all and let it go