All I Wanted

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Crystal was a waitress at the Night Owl Lounge Pretty as a picture was she Sammy was her drinking buddy bought a round For the pleasure of her company [Verse 2] Crystal had weakness for the silent type And Sammy stole her heart away But three weeks later she was gone from sight And poor Sammy had a lot to say Oh boy [Chorus] He said All I wanted was to hold her tight But all she gave me was a heap of heartaches And a whole lot of lonely nights All I wanted was her to do me right But she done me wrong and left me hanging on To a whole lot of lonely nights It ain't right [Verse 3] Everybody noticed when the change set in It was just a few things at first Sammy started cussing and he shunned his friends And then it went from bad to worse [Verse 4] One night he broke a window down at Hi-Fi 5 Stole himself a stereo set His bail paying momma asked him why son why He said you ain't seen nothing yet [Chorus] Oh Mama All I wanted was to hold her tight But all she gave me was a heap of heartaches And a whole lot of lonely nights All I wanted was her to do me right But she done me wrong and left me hanging on To a whole lot of lonely nights It ain't right [Verse 5] Last they heard from Sammy he'd jumped his bail He was somewhere in the great southwest Flipping burgers for minimum scale And going by an alias [Verse 6] Every now and then at the Night Owl Lounge Crystal hears the telephone ring She picks it up and then she slams it down It's long distance from the Burger King Poor thing [Chorus] He says All I wanted was to hold you tight But all you gave me was a heap of heartaches And a whole lot of lonely nights All I wanted was you to do me right But you done me wrong and left me hanging on To a whole lot of lonely nights But you done me wrong and left me hanging on to a whole Lot of lonely nights A whole lot of lonely nights I said A whole lot of lonely nights It ain't right