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