Floyd Cramer's, 'Last Date'

I've always loved that piano version and never knew that there were lyrics to it. I was watching an old Ray Stevens show the other day and he played while a quartet sang the song.

And, interestingly, the lyrics were very close to what I had imagined the song to be.

It`s over our love affair
Too late now I find I care
His sweet love no more I`ll share
Now he's gone, I`m alone
I was wrong, should have known
Took me home on our last date

I search for a single way
To tell him what I had to say
I kissed him, watched him walk away
Set him free foolishly, destiny, misery
Tragedy on our last date

Took the ring from my trembling fingers
Brushed a tear from my baby`s eye
Walked away, didn't know
That I`d soon miss him so
Guess I was too young to realize

So blind I couldn`t see
How much he really meant to me
And that soon he would always be
On my mind, in my heart, I was blind from the start
Lost his love on our last date

Songwriters: CONWAY TWITTY,FLOYD CRAMER