(Locorriere/Sawyer/Haffkine) You ain't got the right to tell me I'm not lonely You don't understand what I've been through He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me But that don't make it easier to lose No that don't make it easier to lose I woke up Monday morning With the feeling he was gone And I turned to face an empty place and I realized That I didn't smell no coffee and all his pretty clothes were gone I cried the first of the many tears you'll see me crying from now on And you ain't got the right to tell me I'm not lonely You don't understand what I've been through He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me But that don't make it easier to lose No that don't make it easier to lose I know his list of lovers was just as long as mine But the sometime friend of a natural woman is to settle down But the one time ways of that man Have done busted up my mind Now he's out the door, he's got one more On his list than I got on mine And you ain't got the right to tell me I'm not lonely You don't understand what I've been through He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me But that don't make it easier to lose No that don't make it easier to lose Well, it's gonna be a long time before I pass this way again I been dragged through school and I've learned the rules And it seems to me That a man'll love to fool ya And he won't always fool you nice Yes he had his turn, I guess I've learned And no he ain't gonna fool me twice And you still ain't got the right to tell me I'm not lonely You don't understand what I've been through He had every right to do the wrong that he done to me But that don't make it easier to lose No that don't make it easier to lose