Long Distance Love

I tried a river of ink and a mountain of paper

But that couldn't save my long distance love

I met an old friend from home and he promised to tell her

To tell her I crave my long distance love

I know that when he met her she was lonesome as could be

So he plied her with compliments and sweet sympathy

She gave away her fickle heart to the friend I'm speaking of

Now he's a short distance from my long distance love

I called her last night but she wasn't at home

What's become of the queen bee in my honeycomb

If you let your sweetheart get lonesome and blue

Your gettin her ready for somebody new

musical interlude

I tried a river of ink and a mountain of paper

But that couldn't save my long distance love

She gave away her fickle heart to the friend I'm speaking of now

Now he's a short distance from

My long distance love