Released: June 12, 1970
Songwriter: Rod Stewart
Producer: Lou Reizner Rod Stewart
[Verse 1]
I stayed away so long Jo
Don't think that I could come back
You're doin' so well without me, girl
You'd laugh if you'd know'd where I'm at
You knew me when it was all my world
Somehow it's all passed me by
But don't let on to my friends, Jo dear
That things ain't turned out as planned
[Chorus]
You bore my child then I left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But Jo, I can say in a funny old way
I was sure that I had it made
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
I still possess a photograph
My memory to refresh
But fade it may, Jo, I can say
I was sure that I had it made
[Chorus]
You bore my child then I left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But now I'm not so young and I'm so afraid
To sleep alone for the rest of my days
I stayed away so long Jo
Don't think that I could come back
You're doin' so well without me, girl
You'd laugh if you'd know'd where I'm at
You knew me when it was all my world
Somehow it's all passed me by
But don't let on to my friends, Jo dear
That things ain't turned out as planned
[Chorus]
You bore my child then I left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But Jo, I can say in a funny old way
I was sure that I had it made
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
I still possess a photograph
My memory to refresh
But fade it may, Jo, I can say
I was sure that I had it made
[Chorus]
You bore my child then I left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But now I'm not so young and I'm so afraid
To sleep alone for the rest of my days
more tracks from the album
Two in One 1969-1970
- You’re My Girl (I Don’t Want to Discuss It)
- My Way of Giving
- Gasoline Alley
- Cut Across Shorty
- It’s All Over Now
- Only a Hobo
- Dirty Old Town
- I Wouldn’t Ever Change a Thing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Lady Day
- Blind Prayer
- What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down
- Country Comfort
- Cindy’s Lament
- Jo’s Lament
- Street Fighting Man
From the albums
- Gasoline Alley (1970)
- Two in One 1969-1970 (2002)
- Handbags & Gladrags: The Essential Rod Stewart (2018)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You