Written by Tim Rose. Yeah they came to take me away. Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my life. But I don't really care - I shot my wife. And brother I can't even remember the reason why. . Oh it makes a long time man feel bad. Yeah it makes a long time man feel bad. Well I ain't had no love since I don't know when. It sure makes a long time man feel bad. . We was down in Jacksonville. A cold winter night. My baby and I we began to fight. I heated up and I grabbed my gun. I get so cold on those nights down south. . She was laying in a pool right there on the kitchen floor. She looked up at me and began to smile. Her gasping words: "Baby I love you". Then she closed those baby blue eyes. . (chorus and variations). . Sometimes I hear you call my name in the dead of the night. . I ain't had those arms around me. I ain't had those lips those lips around me. . It sure makes a long time man feel bad. So bad.