The Brill Building was the main source for this Sedaka/Greenfield song that Clyde issued (and, subsequently, was issued in the 1980s on Atlantic's Oldies Series label). The B side was recorded in 1954 ("Try, Try Baby").
Early in the mornin' before the crack of dawn,
I'm sittin' here thinkin'; Oh why was I born?
I'm so broken-hearted, I just can't go on?
Since you've been gone, since you've been gone.
Now I was so happy with you by my side,
you told me you loved me, but honey you lied.
you left me here cryin', How can I go on?
since you've been gone, since you've been gone.
The night seems like a million years,
waitin' 'til the break of day appears,
All night long weepin' like a willow,
tossin' and turnin' on my tear-stained pillow,
guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears.
I'm gonna go walkin' by the railroad track,
I'm just gonna let the choo-choo cross over my back
life ain't worth livin', I can't go on
since you've been gone, since you've been gone.
(saxophone break)
All night long weepin' like a willow,
tossin' and turnin' on my tear-stained pillow,
guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears.
I'm gonna go walkin' by the railroad track,
gonna let the choo-choo-choo run over my back
life ain't worth livin', How can I go on?
Since you've been gone, since you've been gone.
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield.