I'm hanging on to my peace of mind I just don't know I'm hanging on to those good times, baby Just want to let them roll I'm gonna make it to the light and joy I'll tell you why I got a woman who can take me there the apple of my eye oh, I just don't know, no no, no, no I love her so Don't let me see that morning paper cause I don't need those dues it's just the same old murder movie but they call it the news I'll tell you what would be some story and what would set me free Is if the same thing happened to everybody that just happened to me, oh, I just don't know, no, no, no, no I'll never let her go Every time I hear somebody sneakin' up behind whoa, I turn around but I still hear that sound and just when I'm about to lose my mind Here comes my baby singing like a nightingale Coming my way down along that devastation trail well tell the Lord above she's got a brand of love that cannot fail I'm hanging on to my peace of mind that's no lie I'm hanging on to my special friend the apple of my eye my inspiration, too she's got a lead on my heart and my soul and she knows just what to do oh, I just don't know, no ,no, no, no No, I get so low, and my mind's about to go but wait a minute, here comes my baby singing like a nightingale coming my way down along that devastation trail Well, let the fires burn, let the floods return we will prevail Hanging on to my peace of mind I just don't know