sunset man

i used to wake up early every day, just to feel the sunrise on my face, me and my woman in the front porch swing, listenin' to the mornin' mockingbird sing, well i woke one day to a screen door slam, found a good-bye note on our nightstand, next to a coffee cup and a wedding band, since then i've been a sunset man, when i see the sunrise comin' up, i draw the curtains down, 'cause the mornin' brings her memory around, i know it's warm and beautiful and lights up the sky, but these days it only hurts my eyes, i don't show my face to the afternoon, anything a.m. is just too soon, 'cause it reminds how she up and ran, and damned me to be a sunset man, it's hard not to cry but i'll do my best, and just keep this ole chair facin' west, till she puts that ring back on her hand, i guess i'll always be a sunset man, well i'll always be a sunset man, yeah i'll always be a sunset man