Al Kooper - Missing You lyrics

Kooper I still recall the bouquet of your body As though it were yesterday And with trembling hands I reach for the bottle To drink all my sadness away Loving you, baby, was the peak of my life Now there's nowhere for me to go but down And I feel like that boy in "The Prince & The Pauper" As he dressed up in rags and than gave up his crown Missing you has made me a shell of a man Missing you until I just can't understand Missing you baby Whatever tore us apart now? Oh destiny you're so mean & you're cold And there's nuthin' folks can do to cramp your style Just like the man who's convicted of murder Will pay for his crime when he walks that last mile Lovin you baby, was my whole life to me But you start dyin the moment that you're born And no one is there when you've picked all the roses To come to your side & pull out every thorn Missing you has made me a shell of a man Missing you until I just can't understand Missing you baby Whatever tore us apart now?